"The Other Universe of Bruce Wayne" + Villanelle

Bucky Sinister’s “The Other Universe of Bruce Wayne uses this popular culture character that everyone is familiar with in order to tell a whole new story. Through his depiction of an opposite form of Bruce Wayne, the story is practically written for him already where he takes everything Bruce Wayne has in this universe and flips it entirely. Sinister draws up this plot from his own life, in which this other universe allows his life to be ideal according to his perception on life. Even though the poem looks like it takes on a story format, the separation of each chunk of lines shows a sense of flow to the piece of work.

In my own interpretation from this poem, it was hard to imagine a Bruce Wayne that did not have all the perks to being a millionaire with a lot of cool gadgets and fighting crime. I took it as a poem trying to convey that everyone can be turned into a different person through the use of words and imagination. This particular piece by Sinister made the poem seem less literary where he took on a play of words creating this atmosphere of an opposite Bruce Wayne. Introducing this “other Bruce Wayne” in the first paragraph clearly states that he is stripped of his prestige image and removed of all the materialistic things that made him who he is. Since this does not take on the same foundation of the earlier poems we have been looking at, it allowed an easier way to interpret the information given. This piece is longer than a sonnet, and follows a sort of storyline, even with its short content. The reader is able to tackle this poem in a different way, where the lines are simple enough to follow as a linear recipe for a story while leaving us with some thought about the ending.

Villanelle About Superman

It’s a bird, It’s a plane, It’s Superman! In a fray
Hearing the call of horrified citizens
Flying, Speeding to save the day.

As Lex Luthor brings on the doomsday
Superman can not be the fallen
It’s a bird, It’s a plane, It’s Superman! In a fray

But do not worry, he will make Lex pay
Even though the villain stays hidden
Flying, Speeding to save the day.

As he speeds using his vision of x-ray
Lex holds captive the hero’s lovely maiden
It’s a bird, It’s a plane, It’s Superman! In a fray


Superman saves his fair maiden, Hooray!
Now Lex realizes that he is only human
Flying, Speeding to save the day.

Finally the confrontation is at hand where Lex Luthor becomes the prey
And justice is made, to the police, Lex is given
It’s a bird, It’s a plane, It’s Superman! In a fray
Flying, Speeding to save the day.

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