The
            Poetry Of Terry McDermott


            

              

                

                  
Benny
                  the Bat and Seahorse City
              
              

                

                  
Blue
                  Tornado Boy Meets Kent Cool
              
              

                

                  
Live
                  From the Aquarium
              
            


            
 

            
FROM THE
            ADVENTURES OF THE HUMAN CARDINAL



            Blue Tornado Boy ran away from Brooke Meadow Lane because Benny
            the Bat scolded him for messing up. Where will he end up?

            Read on!

            
Benny
            the Bat and Seahorse City

            
Spinning through the universe

            Blue Tornado Boy

            Came across a billboard

            "To Seahorse City."

            
A place of enchantment

            Where buildings and streets

            Were made of marble

            And the roses never withered

            
Among the pearly clouds

            Lived the mighty seahorses

            The Blue Wonder smiled

            For the first time in many days

            
"This will be my new home,"

            He shouted within his mind

            Yet unknown to him

            Evil was lurking about

            
Among the townspeople

            Kent Cool was in disguise

            And he saw the Blue Wonder

            Flying in the sky

            
Blue Tornado Boy now faces danger!

            The red birdman and gang don't know where he is.

            Can he face Kent Cool alone?

            Read on!

            
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            Blue
            Tornado Boy Meets Kent Cool

            
All the townspeople cheered

            Blue Tornado Boy

            The famous sidekick

            Of the Human Cardinal

            
He was filled with joy

            Until he saw Kent Cool

            The tie-dyed hippie wrestler

            Who held the golden belt

            
Then his swirling mind

            Had a brilliant ideal

            He would fight Kent Cool

            And become Universal Champ

            
A superhero in his own right

            He would become

            Without his uncle

            Or the little green bat

            
Will the Blue Wonder be able to defeat
            the greatest wrestler in the universe?

            
Will he transform from sidekick to superhero?

            
Read on!

            
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Live
            From the Aquarium

            
Every Tuesday night the Human Cardinal,
            Benny the Bat, and Officer Mick Maroon would go to Mr. Mintdrop's
            candy store and watch the wrestling matches. The announcer \would
            say, "Welcome to The Aquarium! Live here in Seahorse City,
            where those majestic seahorse fly among the clouds."

            
The three were shocked when the main event
            was announced. "In tonight's main event, Kent Cool will
            put up his golden belt against Blue Tornado Boy from Brook Meadow
            Lane. Also tonight's main event is sponsored by Uncle Pluto's
            Orange Soda, and Babylonian Chocolate Milk."

            
As the bell rang

            Kent Cool's head was spinning

            The Blue Wonder was too fast

            For the tie-dyed hippie

            
The champ passed out

            Fell to the mat like a rock

            And Blue Tornado Boy

            Went for the three count

            
All of Brooke Meadow Lane

            Were in the streets cheering

            For their favorite son

            The new champion

            
Yet all good things cease

            The seven-foot viking

            Derek the Red appeared

            Making a challenge

            
What will our new champion do?

            
The Human Cardinal and Benny cannot help
            him?

            
Can he stand against a seven- foot viking?

            
Stay tuned!

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Terry
            McDermott lives in Crossett Arkansas and works in a laboratory
            for Georgia Pacific Paper. He is the author of "Tales of
            the Carnivorous Duck: A Collection of Stories and Poems."
            These days his main focus is working on "The Adventures
            of the Human Cardinal," a story of a superhero told in various
            poetic forms. His motivation for writing these stories is to
            show kids that poetry can be fun. You can read more of Terry's
            writing on his blog The Shamgar Report where he has been writing
            since 2005

            
Also visit Terry's internet home.
            or at http://shamgarreport.blogspot.com/