TORRY By ... Steve Lucky

                TORRY
          By ... Steve Lucky

Torry, a character created in my childhood,
Has a magic crystal allowing him to change shape
Such power he uses to help those for good
Enabling them to safely escape
Ones who would bind them with ropes and tape
Just to keep them in their total control.
Killing someone with a poison grape
Appears to be their ultimate goal.
With the help of his friends, Torry will roll
Past those who mant to destroy him
Dan and Bob will pay their toll,
Dan will the calculations and Bob at the gym.
Amy also has ways to help dim
Their opponent's might with a well placed word or action.
A powerful scientist called Mr. Trim
Has inventions which are the main attraction
For those who want to steal more than a fraction
Of the inventions he keeps in his lab
Without their intended victims giving any reaction
To the inventions they can grab.
In the wrong hands, it hurts worse than a stab
When such things are used for wrong.
The travel maching is more than a fab.
It goes anywhere one wants to belong.
Never, the time machine, is among
His most powerful inventions.
Powerful computers, the shrink/grow ray, and a long
List of other things everyone is Jesterville mentions.
Even when stolen items increase tentions
Torry is there to help restore order.
With the help of his crystal, all his intentions,
Can sometimes be pushed right to the border.
Still he will give four times a quarter
Of his physical, mental, and special power
His friends and allies stand with him against any hoarder.
Together, they will triumpth in the final hour.
Beauty found in a fragile flower,
Is something they will always cherish.
Although all of them at some point will cower,
They will make sure such things do not perish
And correct whatever seems unfairish.
Whatever the place, whenever the time,
Group members tend to be quite darish
When preventing any serious crime
From destroying all sense of reason or rhyme.
Their adventures come in a variety
As they try to wipe away the grime
Of our distorted society.
Their arguements have some notariety
Threatening to cause the group to split
Yet they hold on to their propriety
And stay together in spite of it.
Each of them has a place to fit
Together in the overall plan.
If one is in trouble, non of them will quit.
Rescue attempts will continue as long as they can
Find a way to end the unfair captivity began.
Doing whatever they have to do,
Torry, Bob, Amy, Mr. Trim, and Dan
Know as a team they will always come through.
Their opponents have a different view.
Working together is only done
Because powers come in numbers too
Instead of just the extreme power of one.
For them teamwork would not be fun.
With the help of a large supply of friends
Torry is able to move more than a ton
Past a vast assortment of twists and bends.
While doing this he still defends
Those who need his help wherever they may be.
Need for his services never ends.
All over Jesterville he will see
People who will constantly plea
For him to come and help them out.
Sometimes he recieves no more than tea
And this will make him start to doubt
What his services are all about.
Payment does not come only in money.
It can also be a kind word or shout
About something someone thinks is funny.
Laughter can be as sweet as hunney
To one fighting the corruption of greed.
Whether or not the day is sunny,
It is nice to know someone cares about his need.
This is why Torry plants the send
Of kindness in the hearts of others.
He knows a kind word or deed
Returns to the giver like those it covers.
In the form of a bird Torry hovers
Keeping an eye out for any sign of trouble.
Above the city he discovers
Things lurking inside the rubble
With plans to make their efforts double
By kidnapping people instead of stealing
And trapping them in a magic bubble.
Pleased is Torry when he sees them revealing
What they thought they were concealing.
His magic crystal is a secret except
When those he is around give him a feeling
The secret is better shared than kept.
Sometimes they can seem quite inept
Fighting opponents who have planned in advance.
On the ground, Torry crept
Closer to them for the chance
To get a better look and enhance
His knowlege of what they had in store.
Not wanting to risk getting caught by stopping to dance,
He flew off warning the others before
They had a chance to plan anymore.
In his natural form, Torry prepares
For the army of robots coming to Mr. Trim's door.
Since every one of the greatly cares,
The responsibility each of them shares.
All of them have and job to do
Even at the worst of times no one dares
Let the robots just come through.
Their defense system gives them a better view
So the robots will not take them by surprise.
With the army dwindling down to a few
Most robots could not realize
An recently created energy draining field lies
Directly between them and the lab.
Overconfident programmers did not advise
Anything other than to give it a blind stab.
Because of this, the robots had nothing to grab
When they are caught in the energy draining field.
Backup programs in the remaining robots gave them a jab
Making them realize they had to yield
Until the source of the problem is revealed.
Wasting no time, Mr. Trim and the others,
Visible but radar concealed,
Shot special weapons in the area that covers
All circuitry dealing with moves and hovers.
With the last robot failing to function,
Torry joins his sisters and brothers
Of the group helping Mr. Trim in junction
With the larger group known as the Jesterville Conjuction.
Together they could fill a classroom.
If the equipment should ever misfunction,
Each has a way to end the gloom.
Any of them could unseal their doom.
Their opponents could not handle defeat
Faced again with failure, all they could do is fume.
Such a mistake they would not repeat.
No one pursed them to give them more heat
So they would be back to try again.
Torry and his friends remaining sweet,
Being merciful more than just now and then,
Gave their oppenent's rebuilding process a chance to begin.
Although it might lead to their undoing,
It would not stop the group in Mr. Trim's den
From keeping their mercy contantly renewing.
Preparing constantly for attack is what they would be doing,
But they would remain with what is good.
They knew their opponents are constantly stewing
So they would rather live as they should.
If trouble came again, all of them would
Work together to protect Jesterville
And eagerly do whatever they could
To make sure everyone got their fill.
Torry knows he always will
Somehow manage to win in the end.
For his mistakes, he tries to pay the bill.
Whether he can or not, he remains a friend.
Help, at all times, he is willing to lend
As if no true problems are going on.
All of their problems seem to mend.
In a short time, they are totally gone.
Even the villians who never won
Remain free to give it another shot.
They can temporarily capture or successfully con,
But always fail when things get hot.
No matter what happens, Jesterville will not
Ever fall into enemy hands.
Torry and his friends giving it all they have got,
Insuring justice across the lands.
Mr. Trim does not make too many demands,
Yet they are there just the same.
With friends as numerous as the sands,
They always win no matter what the game.

Such things exist in the fictious world of my childhood.
In reality, problems can take much longer to solve.
Good and evil are blurred, even if one could
Actually tell which of these groups a deed would involve.
Sometimes one has to solve problems on his or her own.
Even the best of help is not always reliable.
It can seem all one can do is sigh and moan
When overwhelming problems are undeniable.
Still the stories from my childhood have something to teach
About how to solve the problems of today.
Love, cooperation, and persistance will reach
Far beyond that of the selfish way.
Fiction and reality forever form a link
To give every day people a chance to think.

Copyright 2001, Steve Lucky