I am not batman

7/22/2019 I am not batman

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I am not batman

Marco Ramirez

BOY:

Its the middle of the night. And the sky is glowing like mad radioactive red. And if yo s!int"yo cold may#e see the moon throgh a thick layer of cigarette smoke and air$lane e%hast

that covers the entire city like mos!ito net that wont let the angels in.

And if yo look $ high enogh yo cold see me&standing on the edge of a eighty seven story

#ilding.

And $ there&a $lace for gargoyles and #roken clock towers that have stayed still and dead for

may#e like a hndred years&$ there isme.

And Im freakin Batman.

And I gots Bat&mo#iles and Bat&a&rangs and freakin Bat&caves like for real" and all it takes is a#room closet or a #ack room or a fire esca$e and 'annys hand&me&down (eans are gone.

And my navy #le $olo shirt) *

+he one that looks kinda good on me #t has a hole on it near the #tt from when it got

snagged on the chain linked fence #ehind Artros #t it isnt even a #ig deal case I tck that

$art in and its like all good) *

&that#le $olo shirt) *

& Its gone too. And I get like" like transformation&al.

And no#ody $lls ot a #elt and whi$s Batman for talking #ack *

&Or for not talking #ack *

And no#ody calls Batman sim$le *

& Or st$id *

& Or skinny *

& And no#ody fires Batmans #rother from the ,astern +a%i -om$any case they was making

ct#acks" neither" case they got nothing #t res$ect" and not like afraid-res$ect. /st likerespect-res$ect. -ase no#odys afraid of yo.

-ase Batman doesnt mean no#ody harm.

,ver.

-ase all Batman really wants to do is save $eo$le and may#e $ay A#elas #ills one day and

die ha$$y and may#e get like mad famos. 0or real.


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1And kill the /oker.

+onight" like most nights" Im all alone. And Im watching1And Im waiting1

2ike a eagle. Or like a *no" yea" like a eagle.

And my ca$e is fla$$in in the wind 3case its freakin long4" and my $ointy ears are on" andthat mask that covers like half my face is on too" and I got like #llet$roof stff all in my chest so

no one cold hrt me and no#ody * nobody* is gonna come #etween Batman"

And /stice.

0rom where I am I cold hear everything.

5omewhere in the city theres a old lady $icking 5tyrofoam leftovers $ otta a trash can and

shes $tting a $iece of sesame chicken someone s$it ot into her own moth.

And somewhere theres a doctor with a whack hairct in a #lack la# coat trying to find a cre for

the diseases that are gonna make s all e%tinct for real one day.

And somewhere theres a man" a man in a (anitors niform" stm#ling home drnck and dizzy

after s$ending half his $aycheck on forty&once #ottles of twist&off #eer and the other half on a

for hor visit to some ladys hose on a street where the lights have all #een shot ot #y

$eo$le whod rather do what they do" in thiscity" in the dark.

And half a #lock away from /anitorMan theres a gro$ of good&for&nothings who dont know no

#etter waiting to #eat /anitorMan with rsted #icycle chains and imitation 2osiville 5lggers"

and if they dont find a cent on him * which they wont * theyll (st $ond at him till the mscles

in their arms start #rning" till theres no more teeth to crack ot.

Bt they dont cont on me.

+hey dont cont on no dark night 3with a stomach fll of grocery store #rand macaroni&and&

cheese and ct $ 6ienna sasages4"

-ase theyd rather #elieve I dont e%ist"

And from eighty&seven stories $ I cold hear one of the good&for&nothings say 78immethecash9

real fast 3like that4 (st 78immethefckingcash9 and I see /AnitorMan mm#le something in

drnk langage and trn $ale and from eighty&seven stories $ I cold hear his stomach trying

to hrl its way ot of his 'ickies.

5o I swoo$ down like and fast and Im like darkness. Im like 5OO5; *

& And I throw a Bat&a&rang at the one naked light#l# *

& And theyre all like 7whoa&motherfcker&who&(st&trned&ot&the&lights)9 *

(Silence. The BOY breathes, re-enacting their fear)


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7hats that over there)9 *

&7hat)9 *

& 78imme whatcho got old man9 *

& 7'id any#ody hear that)kick me and the other good&

for&nothing who got it in the gt is #oth scram#ling #ack away from the dark figre #efore him.

And the drnk man the /anitorMan is hddled in a corner" $raying to 5aint Anthony case thats

the only one he cold remem#er.

And theres me"

,yes glowing white" ca$e #lowing softly in the wind.

Bllet$oroof chest heaving. My heart #eating right throgh it in a Morse code for 7fck with me"

(st once" come on" (st try.9

And the one good&for&nothing left standing" the one with the handgn" he laghs he lowers his

arm" and he $oints it at me and gives the moon a #reak" and he aims it right #etween my $ointy

ears" like goal$osts and hes s$ecial teams.

And /anitorMan is still calling 5aint Anthony #t he aint $ickin $"

And for a second it seems like1maybe Im gonna lose.


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=aw.

5;OO * 5;OO< 0?A-A+A< *

&&7'ont kill me man


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And he $ts the glass #ack in the sink.

And I hear his footste$s"

And they get slower as they get to my room.

And he creaks my door o$en like mad slow.

And he takes a ste$ in" which he never does.

And hes staring off into nowhere" his face the color of sidewalks in smmer" and I act like Im

(st waking $" and I say"

7hats $" @o$)9

And /anitorMan says nothing to me.

Bt I see" in the dark" I see his arms go lim$ and his head trns #ack" like towards me" and he

lifts it for I cold see his face"

0or I cold see his eyes"

And his cheeks is dri$$ing #t not with sweat.

And he (st stands there" #reathing" like he remem#ers my eyes glowing white.

2ike he remem#ers my #llet$roof chest.

2ike he remem#ers hes my $o$.

(Silence)

And for a long time I dont say nothing.

(SI!"#!)

And he trns arond" hand on the doorkno#" and he aint looking $ my way #t I hear him

mm#le two words to me.

7Im sorry.9

($ pa%se, the BOY is s%ddenly strong again.)

And I lean over and o$en my window (st a crack.

1If yo look $ high enogh yo cold see me.

And from where I am) ... I cold hear everything.

The end.

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