Losing at love is like dying in a video game;
I have an infinite void of choices to make.
Whether a Bowser or a Koopa Troopa,
I can replay the same mistake.
Find a new brick pathway to heartbreak;
no one will complain.
If I'm in the mood I can level up,
button smash,
learn the moves,
work on my stats.
Caution:
the outcome is likely the same.
I can even find a check point,
pause for a suitable save.
Find a mystery box,
take a wrong turn,
discover extra lives
and early graves.
I can drool over a cool,
new character
with unknown abilities.
Avoid the chain chomps
of matrimony, and
dodge the normal bloopers
to soar high on a flag to the next stage.
But when the world dulls,
the action lulls,
and the joystick won't behave,
I have options:
fall into a pit of lava,
stand under a thwomp,
pick a path filled with bob-bombs,
fail to make a foot stomp,
or let time run out,
suicide the situation,
and forget the whole thing.
Win or lose,
no one boos because
saving the princess isn't really the aim.
©2023 | K. Hartless
Yard Sale of Thoughts 
My kids would understand the games much better than I, a non-gamer. I hope you are okay, K.
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It’s all good fun. My kiddos like Mario and this poem came sprang from that. All is well.
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That’s good!
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Great wordplay here, K! Especially ‘Avoid the chain chomps
of matrimony, and
dodge the normal bloopers
to soar high on a flag to the next stage.’ – very fitting analogy 🙂
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I must admit my littlest wanted to see the Mario movie and it’s crept I got his poem. A fun pen! ⛓️🧱🛠️
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perfect and unexpected simile; you tease it out sardonically to its bitter end; love ‘the chain chomps of matrimony’; been there
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Thank you. My littlest had to see the Mario movie and I guess it all sort of gushed out during it. There’s a lot of fun in this one. ⛓️🛠️
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there certainly is; most of your poems, even the serious ones, have an element of play —
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Just took my youngest to the Mario movie. Love all the references.
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Thanks, Bob. Great nostalgia, that one.
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Sounds like a harsh game…
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True. But, what else will get you hyped up enough to say, “Mama Mia?”
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This is very true… You have me there lol
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🙂
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Choirs singing, Chain chomps ringing. While The bride awaits her barbed wire ring. But I wear the biggest smile. I’ll take misery business and the lava pit. Fuck it.
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