clicking through |
have been |
my coping |
has broken |
picked them |
you control |
reduce the |
your character |
clicking through |
you control |
combat games |
into combat |
not into |
my bedside |
try not |
hit the |
avoid looking |
at walls |
I wouldn't |
I'm not |
bumping into |
fly up |
first person |
those types |
instead I |
clicking through |
have been |
would play |
avoid those |
this coping |
the game |
instead I |
This poem uses found language from Jim Rossignol's This Gaming Life and a gaming Discord server.
Heather Nagami is the author of Hostile (Chax). A Kundiman fellow, she is a teacher living in the Bay Area. Heather’s poems are forthcoming or have recently appeared in jubilat, Berkeley Poetry Review, and Discover Nikkei. • Photo by the author