Breakout Screen Shot

Breakout

(No. 1 in the Atari 2600 series)

We play each other,
Paddles in hand
But we are not ponging here
We are not volleying about …

Against this wall which slowly
Gives way

We play the game again
We play it again
We destroy the wall
We rebuild the wall

Again and again

It’s funny …
Only when I hit you repeatedly,
Do you ever completely disappear
But only for the briefest moment

You always come back
You always do
No matter how many times I
Destroy you

This is the nature of the game we play
It goes on for eternity
It just never ends
Unless I lose my balls
By missing you completely