by Nick Romeo
En no Atari
but I’m not great at games
what I mean to say is
that you’re far superior
warrior / sword fighter
reading me as if I’m a
cardboard TV with towel tubes
scrolling a crayon scribbled picture
of rocks / stacks of papers amongst a
stick figure running with scissors
but you’re always about the upgrade
new CPU
fresh / pressure sensitive
vibration controller
all wireless
an open world forum
with every cheat code possible
you will miss mashing
my buttons / squashing them
into bits of plastic / metal
anything to win
top score
just enter your initials before you leave
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