THE AMAZING TEENAGE MAN
While on a field trip
To a nuclear laboratory
With my class
I was bitten by a spider!
Not a radioactive spider. A regular spider.
It didn’t even itch, really.
But I said I felt woozy so
They sent me home early
With no homework and
I guess the lab was scared I’d sue them
So they gave me a ride in a limousine
And I lay in my bed and read magazines
While my aunt fed me chicken soup.
And my uncle
Who is very very healthy and will probably live to
Be a hundred came home from work
And sat on the edge of my bed
And said
Something I take very seriously:
“With no power comes no responsibility.”