From love letters from Lois Lane (these poems first appeared in echolocation) secret identity (ii) we drank until dawn you sober as steel after an octave of liquor cabinet bottles you tell me flight is overrated and breathe the water in the ice bucket solid again all i ever wanted was to be perfectly sculpted ______ideal in unobtainium ___________surf-girl blonde in a wet bathing suit ___________smelling of the sea ___________even in metropolis instead i am the worst of catchphrases ______the thinking man's sex symbol ___________in journalistic suits ___________an eye for integrity but even this is a story careful plotline buried on the back page as if you could notice me ______light and insignificant as breath through lead lined vanity but you never mention her ______how can i live up ___________________to first love constellations of supervixens ______________mermaids, golden lariats nothing so alone as the morning after hotel room ______this is becoming could you use superspeed _________________________stop the world spinning? (iii) lana let you go ______grand gesture of feminine martyrdom all but retired to the nunnery third generation family farmhouse concession road vows of isolation ______and shared first flight ending alone in dawn light gravel lanes ______you could never belong to just one _________________________________(you stare into the middle distance ___________________________________________and remember my name) lori lemaris _____of the sea taste of salty femininity, lost continents slow drown of underwater kisses in the city she grew legs _____long as tendrils falling from buildings to your arms _____your one great weakness swoon as strong as kryptonite _____________________________(convenient ________________________________________the matching initials _____________________________no need to redress _____________________________homemade ballpoint tattoo _____________________________fast pinprick of smalltown field parties _________________________________LL on perfect pecs) so what then really is the deal ______with luthor ___________fits your pattern ___________________________________(though in that other life ________________________________________he became my husband ___________________________________rescued me from you ________________________________________right is only a question ______________________________________________of perspective)