{"id":9425,"date":"2015-06-22T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/?p=9425"},"modified":"2015-06-25T11:49:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T15:49:09","slug":"comic-book-heroes-gone-wild-parody-of-skid-rows-youth-gone-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/comic-book-heroes-gone-wild-parody-of-skid-rows-youth-gone-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Heroes Gone Wild (Parody of Skid Row’s “Youth Gone Wild”)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image credit: Rachel Shannon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since I was young, I couldn’t put them down<\/p>\n

Another misunderstood kid, another super identity found<\/p>\n

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Some never played by the rules while other boy scouts really cared<\/p>\n

Some nasty villain\u2019s reputation reigned everywhere<\/p>\n

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I sit and read, forgetting all about me<\/p>\n

So many heroes have stood where others now stand<\/p>\n

They are young with the world in their hands<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re all vigilantes rocking style<\/p>\n

We face fire by trial<\/p>\n

Our lives are an endless mile<\/p>\n

We are the comic book heroes gone wild<\/p>\n

We will rise and refuse to fall<\/p>\n

We\u2019re united as one to save you all<\/p>\n

Hear us roar the heroes call<\/p>\n

We are the comic book heroes gone wild<\/p>\n

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Kingpin screamin\u2019 in my ear about how Hell\u2019s Kitchen is supposed to be<\/p>\n

Getcha black pajammas, give Karen a smile, and son, come on and fight me<\/p>\n

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He said, \u201cHey man, I\u2019m the fastest man that you oughta know.<\/p>\n

I tell ya the man in yellow has to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I sit and read, forgetting all about me<\/p>\n

Avengers stand tall ready to knock Ultron out<\/p>\n

Guardians are mighty strong with Rocket to shout<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re all vigilantes rocking style<\/p>\n

We face fire by trial<\/p>\n

Our lives are an endless mile<\/p>\n

We are the comic book heroes gone wild<\/p>\n

We will rise and refuse to fall<\/p>\n

We\u2019re united as one to save you all<\/p>\n

Hear us roar the heroes call<\/p>\n

We are the comic book heroes gone wild<\/p>\n

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We fans stand and will never fall<\/p>\n

We are one with you, one with all<\/p>\n

Thank you actors for rising tall<\/p>\n

You are the comic book heroes gone wild<\/p>\n

You are the comic book heroes gone wild<\/p>\n

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Melissa R. Mendelson is a published author and poet, whose writing has been featured in Names in a Jar: A Collection of Poetry by 100 Contemporary American Poets, Espresso Fiction: A Collection of Flash Fiction for the Average Joe, and Antarctica Journal.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since I was young, I couldn’t put them down
\nAnother misunderstood kid, another super identity found
\nSome never played by the rules while other boy scouts really cared
\nSome nasty villain’s reputation reigned everywhere.<\/p>\n

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