Smallville Poem by Adebayo Akande Smartfingers

Like the ever eluding ebb of tide;
The gradual graying of the once yellow sun
The plot is cheating my notions
‘Tis is beating my imagination
Who knew Chloe will fall for Greenarrow, her cousin’s ex?
And Lois having eyes for nerd clark kent - her ex’s best
Lana becomes the superhuman she fantasized
Not knowing a huge prize tag’s stealthily attached;
Never to be with him, save in her dreams & thoughts
As though it’s true that one’s worse enemy could turn a fond ally
Ominously-machinated Brainiac turns a new leaf
He teleports to the future of Clark Kent/Kal-el
The brain-sucking thing joins the Legend sect
And returned to the present from the said future
Lessoned him to tame his fears and murder his doubts
To realize man’s the architect of his fate
That Loiz wouldn’t deter, even if she knows
He is some freaky alien;
A cosmos traveler feigning farmboy
The clock chimes 1: 00am, this is the last episode of the season
Next season, on my mind!
Shall I go borrowing? From where at such an hour?
My next-door neighbor only consume ‘igbowood’ films
And Uche doesn’t run 24-hours service?
Omilord! Hope is standing aloof
To my bed, then, I must go
This phase of the story hits an end
But another erupts in my mind
There is a thing about heroes
Smartfingers, Merlin, Kyle-XY, Seeker, jumong
And all legends that graced my laptop’s screen
They do it for the most altruistic of reasons
Not for fame,
Egotistic motives
or personal glory
So stoic and selfless they are!
Alas! Even at that,
Forever, an unfinished project; they remain
Some sort of work-in-progress!