I Wish I Could Fly

I just wish I could fly

Is that too much to ask?

Some mutation, evolution, or comic-book lab disaster

I wasn’t a nerd in the comic-book sense

But I watched the X-Men

Hoping one day I could fly

Sunday morning cartoons included a dose of 

Animal Planet learning about peregrine falcons

And Thunder Cats, Storm’s thunder blasts

She could kinda fly

I just wanted to soar

Be in the sky and travel the world

I’m ok without superhero strength

I’d put on the Foo Fighters and sing 

“Make my way back home when learn to fly”

With wings, levitation,

A mutation, gear or other instrumentation

It’s 2021, where is my jetpack?