It was likeyou were the Arcade Mayor& I was happyto play your entouragebecause the wayjeans slung lowyour Hips groovedagainst that machineduring Strobe Multiballwas enough to send me rocketingto Mars myselfso bring on all the balls, babyI’m preparedfor Total Annihilation--
My response to Izy's Film School Dropout prompt is poem four of thirty in April!
Oh yes, I can so see that pinball machine and the low-slung jeans!
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Not what I was expecting on the day before the Apocalypse but I like your version better. "bring on all the balls.." has me cracking up.
ReplyDeletetotal annihilation is the most advanced multiball level of the (pinball) game, heh.
DeleteI remember days like these. You capture it well! funny and cool too
ReplyDeleteLOL! Such a vivid picture you paint. Whew!
ReplyDeleteBring on all the balls, she says. *smirk* It's about pinball, she says. *rolleyes*
ReplyDeleteMars needs women?
Hell, yeah!
ReplyDeleteObviously, you got a slightly different reaction from young Justin than I did. :P But I can dig the concept.
ReplyDeleteI get this yes I do,,love it,,,
ReplyDeleteHaha - so that's what we're calling it now! Good one.
ReplyDeleteYou've got us all laughing with you, Marian. Well done.
ReplyDeleteK
The arcade mayor..fun...creative write.
ReplyDeleteAlso loved the "arcade Mayor" and the raw sense of rocketing toward an end which you captured here. Also, the hips and low slung jeans. Thanks for taking my prompt and bringing forth something so shining and new. Viva la
ReplyDeleteHe should be careful, lest he bump the machine too hard and TILT.
ReplyDeleteWow, this brought forth a bunch of images... the bad boys of my youth, the days when you could keep a pinball game going for about 15 minutes on a quarter... and, inadvertently, "Mars Attacks," the Tim Burton film in which the aliens' heads explode inside their helmets when old Slim Whitman songs are played on loudspeakers!!
Original and so, so fun. Amy
tilting is fun in and of itself :)
ReplyDeleterocketing indeed! What a vision this creates... loved it.
ReplyDeletegosh, you made me realize that i favor using "rocket" as a verb, not just in this one! hah!
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