Ring a Ding Ding

Ode to the Green Lantern

POWER THROBS from my right middle finger
A ring given to me by a dying vermillion alien
I would've chucked it, but he made me swear

No evil shall escape my sight, et cetera.
Though what can I honestly do about the recession —
Make more green?

Carol of course loves the tights
When I wear the domino mask she growls
 then I create a giant emerald mattress

I am limited only by my willpower
— Carol nibbles on my nine unbound fingers —
And I have lots of willpower

Ah here's Green Arrow with more gimlets
I tell him if marriage were a color, it'd be yellow