(I, Cryptid)

Once I was a Superhuman
But Now I am a Cryptid
Took a Couple Left Turns and
Limped Right Past the Crypt Lid
Traded Science for Magic
and the Result was Unexpected
I Once was a Superhuman
But Now...
I am a Cryptid
I am a Cryptid
I am a Cryptid.

The Future was Deemed Bleak
And the Good Old Team Fragmented
Split 'Tween the Corners of an
Earth Squashed and Disconnected
Progress Capped at the Knee
Capped at the Knee and Rejected
I Once was a Superhuman
But Now...
I am a Cryptid
I am a Cryptid
I am a Cryptid.

I See it Coming,
It's in the Trees,
A Daily Record News Article,
Large Cats Stalking Country Breeze.
Or Maybe it Was Alan Moore,
Testing Mind Control on Bees,
Communicating with Crowley,
Or Farming Blocks of Cottage Cheese.

An Origin Story
Was Wholly Unnecessary
For I Always Was My Own
Greatest Adversary
But Things Got Way Off-Piste
Way Off-Piste - Almost Unscripted
I Once was a Superhuman
But Now...
I am a Cryptid
I am a Cryptid
I am a Cryptid.

Bridges to Nowhere
Became Warped and Vaguely Haunted
Overfed the Melon and
Summoned Up the Scooped Mids
X-ray Visions Turning Inward
And their Effect Caused a Hissing Fit
I Once was a Superhuman
But Now...
I am a Cryptid
Thoughts All Encrypted
I am a Cryptid.

If you let this world take its toll upon ye
it will do so with ease,
folks say it is better to live with the curse
than be overcome by false floor relief,
"Linger on", a leper once told me
"and the Weirderness becomes protective",
I Once was a Superhuman
But Now...

"Ain't that right - Roky, Skip, Syd and Nic Cage and Brendan Fraser, Laughing Stock, Spirit of Eden, Christopher Lee, Andy Kaufman, Nikola Tesla, Et Cetera, Et Cetera, Et Cetera..."