Arcade Ashes

Arcade Ashes

 

Pinball head on tilt,

flipper hands lie flat

and helplessly watch

as silvery lies bounce

bumper to achy bumper;

 

never still long enough

to ponder or pound.

 

My quarter-less pockets

remember high scores long dead,

and beg for anything,

but lint, to eat.

 

Game over.

You lose.

Try again?

Reviews

[Kenneth The Poet]

Very nice.

[Amy Bumpas]

Game over.

You lose.

Try again? .......I have a feeling if one tries
again they would lose again....:))

[Kerry O'Connor]

Such a witty comparison - loved it.

[.......]

This is cute,
I love the last stanza.