And still old Spidey glared at me,
 took me on eye to eye….
 his legs were twitching nervously
 as he prepared to die.
 A true brave superhero,
 valiant to the last…
 I’d tear the devil limb from limb,
 if he didn’t run so fast.
 
 The hairs stood up along his back,
 and mine across my neck,
 as I buttoned my fly cautiously
 and sank onto the deck.
 Down there at his level now,
 apprehension from surprise,
 as he sat amongst the skeletons
 of cockroaches and flies.
 
 This wasn’t how it was meant to be,
 the way that I was taught…
 that superheroes never killed
 the baddies that they fought.
 I’d been sold a myth, by god,
 delusion was all mine…
 he was a desperate murderer,
 my life was on the line.
 
 I reached slowly behind me,
 for I knew what lay hid there,
 clasped my fingers round the handle,
 as my brow dripped with fear..
 Spidey, now taking strength from this,
 shook a leg and made a move…
 he’d drawn me to a stand off now…
 I had everything to prove.
 
 Whisking the brush out swiftly
 I stopped him in his track,
 clearly contemplating now,
 he took one slow pace back.
 Now I had the initiative,
 I had the upper hand…
 Spidey knew it was do or die,
 he had to fight and make a stand.
 
 Set upon his haunches
 he sprang into the air,
 grabbed hold of my left earlobe
 and ran into my hair.
 Blood curdling was the screaming,
 enough to wake the dead,
 As I rained blows with the bog-brush
 and drew blood from my head.
 
 Panic stricken in the mirror,
 the assailant out of sight,
 a leg came round my throat just then…
 he’d not given up the fight.
 I felt his teeth puncture my skin,
 Intent on causing harm,
 our eyes met in the mirror and
 he grinned at my alarm.
 
 Dropping the brush I grabbed at him,
 to stop this wanton hurt,
 but he fended me off skilfully
 and dropped inside my shirt.
 
 Now despite me being naked,
 as I ran into the street,
 no hat, no coat, no underpants
 and nothing on my feet,
 I felt great reassurance, when
 a police car flagged me down,
 charged me with gross indecency
 and gave me a ride to town.
 And once within the station,
 a safe and secure cell…
 till I took a pee and came to see
 Spidey’s bro doin time as well!