Cobra Commander
Dylan Brown
When they made a toy of you
Did you dream of children
Thinking you’re the good guy
When they made a toy of you
Did you dream of children
Thinking you’re the good guy
a fist / crown of amethyst cut / across the plains / I wished him
the white / women he dreamed / of – shaved
my head / to empty the soil / to empty myself /
In 2003, Jesse Petrilla developed
Quest for Saddam, a first-person shooter
where the player storms a crude temple
and viciously rips through scores
of turban-crowned enemies. On the walls
hang pixelated pictures of Saddam in lingerie.
Here, rabbits’ coats change color in winter,
berry bushes morph to agave, an old mariner appears only
when it rains – unbreathing – to tell me
what I’m not ready for.
white boy
with blonde hair and blue eyes
fits all sizes
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