The Swamp Thing stood hunched in the door
a horror to former amore
As wife to a plant
she'd love him, but can't
She's human, and can't bear a spore
Berni Wrightson's cover art for House of Secrets #92, which
introduced Wrightson and Len Wein's Swamp Thing. Much
later in the Swamp Thing series, writer Alan Moore figured
out a way for Swampy to bear fruit.
Swamp Thing TM and © DC Comics 2009.
The Swamp Thing stood hunched in the door
ReplyDeleteJeannette Kahn saw a potential score
Spin him off in a series
Have the fanboys draw theories
Then pass it all off to A. Moore
--Gertrude Pine
Bud Plant on Premises
ReplyDeleteThe Swamp Thing stood hunched in the door
a horror to former amore
She'd love him, but can't--
She works for Bud Plant
who'd grade him 'near mint' in his store
--Ezra Tap
The Swamp Thing can't take anymore
ReplyDeleteWith women he's lost his rapport
They don't want romance
with amorous plants
They'd pot him instead as decor