Victor Hugo Batman
wrote Les Miserables in the Batcave, mostly,
while waiting for Dick to finish his daily lessons.
Victor Hugo Batman would sit
in his big Bat-Chair at the Bat-Computer,
pecking away at his novel with two fingers.
(Ra’s Al Ghul had taught him many things, but
typing wasn’t one of them.)
He based Javert on Gordon, of course.
Jean Valjean was mostly biographical.
By day, Victor Hugo Batman dreamed
of the City of Light. By night,
he was a creature of darkness.
/ / /
13 June 2023
Charlottesville, VA
This poem was inspired by a TikTok video
in which the creator talked about an
actual relative of theirs named
Victor Hugo Batman. (I made a TikTok
video of my poem in response.)
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