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Ode to the Video Game Loading Screen
No one likes to…
Wait…
For their games to load…
The television screen…
Taunting…
Me…
Leading me to…
Madness…
As I read the screen…
Again and again I…
Continue to…
Read those wretched words…
“Loading. Please Wait…
Loading. Please Wait…
Loading. Please Wait…”
Then I wonder…
Why…
Is it so polite?...
Saying “please”…
Every…
Time…
Then I imagine…
My…
Response to…
“Loading. Wait…
Loading. Wait…
Loading. Wait…”
I get upset and…
Quit…
The game…
Thank you…
Loading…
Screen…
At…
Least…
You…
Are…
Polite…
About…
It………
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