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Pinball Wizard
by Chip Bergeron → (All Poetry by Chip Bergeron)
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Sometimes it seems life is as lived in a penny arcade.....


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PINBALL WIZARD

 

We take great pains

To prod and poke,

Jimmy and shake

As we try to make life

Come out the way we want.

 

Funny, that’s never

The way it works.

Our existence is more

Than a pinball machine

With no flippers.

 

The shiny ball drops

Ringing, pinging,

As it hits bumpers

An explosion of lights,

The tally rolls higher, higher.

 

The ball plunges holeward,

Try to delay its journey

Push too hard, and TILT

The game ends

Before its time.

 

No more new balls.

 

-Chip Bergeron

 March 4, 2012

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "Pinball Wizard"
Reviewed by Patrick Granfors
Reviewed on April 12, 2012
Ah but push too soft and you'll never get a replay. Patrick

Reviewed by Richard King
Reviewed on March 24, 2012
Some of us are balls, some of us are flippers. Then there are those who are only the background noise, or those annoying flashing lights.

Guess it takes all kinds, but it's sad when you run out of balls cause then there is no more need for flippers and all that noise and flashing stops.

Protect your balls, my friend.

Dick

Reviewed by Christine Tsen
Reviewed on March 23, 2012
So much to be left thinking about here ~
wonderfully creative analogy!
Blessings,
Christine

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on March 20, 2012
well written ... i enjoyed this allegory ...

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on March 19, 2012
A great parody of life. Very creative and effective. Ron


Reviewed by Donna Chandler
Reviewed on March 19, 2012
Interesting analogy - it truly does seem that our lives spin out of control at times. We just need to hang on for the ride. :)

Donna

Reviewed on March 18, 2012
CHIP ... AMEN ... AVOID 'TILT' AT ALL COSTS ...


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