Adding a stop
Because of a fatality
Sounds like a video game
Mortal Combat, to be specific
I remember
Being a kid and playing games
In an arcade, of all things
Before home entertainment broke through
There was a smell
Gummy smoke and kid sweat, with mold
It was likely spilled soda
And old air filters needing a bath
It was tomb like
A cavern of angled windshields
He who could tilt Twilight Zone
Would, no doubt, receive arcade knighthood
Sometimes a fluke
You would walk into the arcade
With a few singles to spend
And dethrone first-place on your first go
That would be why
You might try out Mortal Combat
A game built for younger noobs
Combinations replacing finesse
I still play games
Words With Friends more specifically
I play against some old friends
Some held Twilight Zone high scores for weeks
I play en route
To work or on the train ride home
When there's a fatality
I have a few more minutes to play
--
3.19.13
Because of a fatality
Sounds like a video game
Mortal Combat, to be specific
I remember
Being a kid and playing games
In an arcade, of all things
Before home entertainment broke through
There was a smell
Gummy smoke and kid sweat, with mold
It was likely spilled soda
And old air filters needing a bath
It was tomb like
A cavern of angled windshields
He who could tilt Twilight Zone
Would, no doubt, receive arcade knighthood
Sometimes a fluke
You would walk into the arcade
With a few singles to spend
And dethrone first-place on your first go
That would be why
You might try out Mortal Combat
A game built for younger noobs
Combinations replacing finesse
I still play games
Words With Friends more specifically
I play against some old friends
Some held Twilight Zone high scores for weeks
I play en route
To work or on the train ride home
When there's a fatality
I have a few more minutes to play
--
3.19.13
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