He Has Superpowers by Daren Kamali

(for Munro te Whata)

He�s an unsung superhero
in the village

He can fly
breathe underwater
walk on hot lovo stones

No one knows his secret
except his soulmate
Duna
Grandmother Eel
who lives on the reef

He visits Duna on moonlit nights
when everyone is sound asleep
he swims out to sea

They talanoa about ancestors
and Vu
good and evil
ancient times

He wished he lived in those days
he would