Gaming Pantoum
The eyes water,
throbbing behind sockets.
One more kill
until this game is done.
Throbbing behind sockets,
electrical pulses run
up through the cords into
the burning computer screen.
Electrical pulses run,
from neurons to synapsis
moving the fingers
the only exercise in weeks.
From neurons to synapsis,
the spark of life
snuffed by the cooling fans
of a desktop server.
The spark of life,
lost in his eyes.
The game continues,
one life left.
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