War Gamers
Night by night sitting like obsessed gamers
Fixated on screens. This evening’s download
Could be Gaza, Ukraine, somewhere abroad.
Graphics are so realistic, the framers
Ensure all players are fully in-shot,
Both perpetrators and victims portrayed
In role, with impressive weapons arrayed:
Rack up more points than last night? Perhaps not.
A helpful voiceover or avatar
Pops up whenever there’s something to say,
To grab attention when it’s drifting away,
Or tempted to upload another war.
The spectacular needs to be massive,
For viewers to be retained and passive.
D. A.