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Lower Clapton Uppercut

she moves in pixel increments
a sprite in sixteen colours only
powered up, invulnerable
shielded by the screen

his joystick incompatible
with her new system, he is drunk
on wine and beer and whisky
and whatever he can get

citrus drinks and bowling pins
and strangers on the internet
in lines and in between the lines
two sprites without a walkthrough

no cheat codes here, no forum posts
no screenshots and no online updates
just a sprite, another sprite
in split-screen coyness, playing


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Text Messages by Wayne Myers