Playing Mario

This poem, written by my roommate Ryan Duncan, was inspired by me wasting time before watching the season premier of Lost the other night. It is awesome.

Playing Mario

Multicolored mushrooms float along eager melodies,

As feet race atop the rainbow road.

Precarious platforms could spell mortal peril,

But a fire flower is worth the risk of failure.

Armies of monsters adamantly approach,

Irritably intent on exposing my innards

A grizzly Goomba prepares to grapple,

As treacherous turtles pick a target.

A flurry of fireballs incinerate my foes,

Until I’m blindsided by a billowing Boo.

Another life lost, thanks a ton Luigi.

Shamefully shrunk, I must now be shrewd.

Three heroic hops and my enemies are hewn

Now closely comb the rest of the course,

And swiftly search for a place to save.

I yearn to ride a yellow Yoshi,

While fighting against the game’s final fiend

I take a brutal beating from Bowser

But steal victory with a super star!

Princess peach, the ultimate prize.