I saw a girl today As I rode passed her In the backseat With Sunny Day Real Estate, I stared at her Through the raindrop-stained window As she just sat there On her torn lawn chair In uncut grass and faded pajamas Doing absolutely nothing But getting fat and old And picking at her shirt, The logo on it was Superman And all I could do was wonder Was she ever super before? Was she related to Clark Kent? Was she with the Man of Steel? Was she the decisive or deceived? Or was it a call for help? She looked at me For a split second, I suddenly knew Expectations are ruins Existence only lingers, The symbol symbolized A human truth, Like car lights caught in traffic On a bridge Like your being ingurgitated By the sky Like the lonely sea passed the waves For a moment, Not forever, No one is special, Nothing is superb, Except maybe fiction Scribbled on dead trees,
Then the car crashes, My family is compelled to fly, And I join my friends in death, As the girl continued sitting, Being un-super.