Heroes and Villains: Day 12

Son Goku

I got so angry
under the heavens
I turned another
species stronger:
imaginal hands
raining blue light
on the challenger.

So strong the loyal
smile left, like
they do.

Growing to the bounds
of my power, I became
improbably blond--
not some shock
metaphor written
in off-earth genes,

but to save a river
of ink each episode
in the thick, cheap weeklies
tucked in the bags
of boys who grew up

waiting for me to win.