Dark Brings Safety, Light Is Fear (And Other Batman Poems/Songs)

Chapter 2: Stuck In My Game (Riddler's Anthem)

Riddle me this, come and join my game

Riddle me that, you'll never be the same

You dare to question my genius?

Well then, simpleton, riddle me this!

Who? Well that's the Enigma, isn't it?

Where? Wherever nothing else can be

What? A simple test of your intellect

How? With a dash of Mister E

Why? Because (I must) it's fun, of course!

So what do you say? Will you take a guess?

(Ha, as if you have a choice)

Too dumb to even form a hypothesis?

(Is that a stutter in your voice?)

We're getting closer to the end

You must know you cannot win

It's like music, the sound of your panicked feet

Running through my maze

You think that you can get away with a cheat

But nothing escapes my gaze

You lose, bringing the boredom that's ever my plight

(Riddle me this...)

When he comes from a shadow, like the living night

(Riddle me that...)

I grin as my true opponent shows up to fight

(Who's afraid...)

He's left screaming as I take my flight

(Of the big bad Bat?)

He's stuck in my maze, let the game begin!

I bid him adieu with a tip of my hat

I scream in frustration as he cheats to win

(Because I know he's smarter than that)