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video game
playing Nintendo as a kid,
I’d run around the first level as Mario,
in and out of the castle and
across the rolling fields of turf,
blocked-out and primary,
a binary code repeating itself, no doubt.
all about was emptiness,
just Mario in his dungarees,
the little icon man, untroubled by
the enemies, and princesses of lore.
how oddly relaxing it felt, as a kid,
to be alone and untroubled.
I’d run around the first level as Mario,
in and out of the castle and
across the rolling fields of turf,
blocked-out and primary,
a binary code repeating itself, no doubt.
all about was emptiness,
just Mario in his dungarees,
the little icon man, untroubled by
the enemies, and princesses of lore.
how oddly relaxing it felt, as a kid,
to be alone and untroubled.
Published 21st Jun 2022
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Anonymous
21st Jun 2022 10:02am
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23rd Jun 2022 9:54am
I was always troubled by Mario's tendency toward animal abuse, like "aw c'mon man, stop jumpin on em turtles"
