first imagine the players
not in a mass but face by face:
eleax,
who kills for sport
and ignores every conversation,
every human word
ameri,
who keeps a notebook on hand
to remember those friends
that feel alive
avrin,
who arrowlike dashes
straight toward the finish line
cut and bled by spurned roses
hyert,
who dreams of bathing
naked in the ocean that lies
forever trapped behind glass
faval,
who watches like a hawk
and feels pain
at every missed opportunity
these players are their own protagonists, all
the player is your protagonist
how do you expect them to act?
how do you want them to?
the changes that occur in their heart
are the lifeblood of this art form
a story told by its own audience.
first imagine the player.
second imagine the game.
i keep making small tweaks - each miniature character/player stanza can be honed, to the point where some of them feel like they could each be small standalone poems
i'm a big fan of hyert
who dreams of bathing
naked in the ocean that lies
forever trapped behind glass
and i think faval really needs some changes
ameri was gendered at first but felt out of place among the others, so i've degendered that stanza