X Marks

(The best poem about the X-Men I've written to date)

Stalwart and upright against 
extinction level events 
Not too dizzy for data backups 
so the atomized can mend 
Once we re-exist, we'll re-enlist 
Just euthanize the patient to
cure their slipped disc 

Nerd culture is the 
hippest mainstream craze 
Someone learning Krakoan just 
told a Mexican to go back to Spain 
X marks the overt metaphor 
for cultural oppression 
New converts x that subtext out 
and look at the pretty explosions 

Those are LGBTQ+ friendly explosions 
I bet that inspires some latent emotions 

I can't remember anyone the 
writers have forgotten 
as I'm immersed in 
the mutagenic opera 

I want to be fully redeemed 
and still striving 
I want to never falter 
To only have the flesh be weak 
in service to the right subplot