Poem - Shadow of Ender

If SOPA and PIPA end up passing, then I'll possibly be removed from blogger.com for writing a poem based off of one of my favorite novels from Orson Scott Card.

A little, little, child named Bean
He is very, very lean
He is small
He is not tall
In a crowd, he can't be seen

Bean thought his knowledge very cool
He was sent to battle school
Where he fought
Where he was taught
That the Buggers would not rule

Little bean, he did meet Ender
He was not at all that tender
He was smart
But was a fart
So he assigned Bean as defender

Little Bean, he was in Dragon
Though he won, he was not braggin'
Can't believe
Cannot conceive
Other armies that were saggin'

I love the title that Orson Scott Card selected for his Ender's-Game-parallel-novel, Ender's Shadow. Sometimes when a light shines on an object, the shadow may appear larger than the main object in focus. Such is the way I feel about the character, Bean. While the story belongs to Ender, Bean plays a big part behind Ender.


Here's to looking forward to the screen adaptation of Ender's Game due to be released in theaters in 2013.