Ergo, the Ogre

It’s Fandango’s Flashback Friday again! Here’s an oldie from 2019, originally written for the dVerse Poets Pub.

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It’s Games Night at the dVerse Poets Pub!

Tonight, we are  to choose 3 names from the list of computer game names below, and somehow or other wrangle them into a poem.You don’t need to know anything about the game – just let the name inspire you.

Minecraft

Diablo

Blossom Blast

Space Invaders

Assassin’s Creed

Honey Mine

Overwatch

Portal

Doom

The Elder Scrolls

Candy Crush

Myst

Destiny

Unreal

Spacewar

Quake

God of War

Torchlight

Dark Souls

Path of Exile.

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With you,

a walk to the corner

drug store

becomes a stroll down

a mystical path sprinkled

with magic and moondust

 

secret portals leading

to Atlantis disguised

as manhole covers

 

and traffic lights

— in (un)reality—

send fiber optic

love vibes

to the God of War

 

How is it you turn

a dime-a-dozen

into one-in-a-million?