My Son Loves the Incredible Hulk
Cartoons filling up his blank
notebooks with monsters, superheroes
& parodies of politicians – King Kong,
George H.W. Bush & Spiderman.
There were exaggerations – gigantic
mole on a goblin, enlarged hairy fists
of Bigfoot, Bush’s caricature with a long,
flabby neck like a Thanksgiving turkey.
I learned the twisted backstory
of Bruce Banner, soft spoken-nuclear
physicist, who absorbed gamma rays
while rescuing a teenager only to turn
into Incredible Hulk, whose rage
exploded the angrier he got. We took
a ferry, drove 90-miles to a comic book
convention. I became a fan. Go Spidey!
I remember when he drew an 8 x10
caricature of Bill Clinton with a bulbous nose
& two Big Macs. Like the Hulk, when frustrated,
anger consumed him like a flame.
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Love this. It’s both funny and poignant, mom learning to understand and even share her son’s passions. Most moms wouldn’t have bothered. You did.
Love the tenderness of the poem’s story along with its humor.
So good. At the end is all parents’ plight of watching their children
navigate life.
Big Hulk fan here as a kid. This took me back. Thanks for that!
You use vivid imagery and a mix of playful rage with striking clarity.
This was such an enjoyable read!
Nice! I can visualize that notebook.
oh how anger can take over. thanks for this