Golden Eye
Real woods were filling up
with real snow while I sat inside
listening to Kid A on repeat,
playing Golden Eye.
The only level I remember
there was snow everywhere,
satellite towers I suppose
I was supposed to blow up,
enemy combatants
wearing winter suits,
or were they
for nuclear radiation?
I don't remember anything
really but the snow and how
I always found my way
to the edge of the game
where the details were
all a little blurred.
Some designer got lazy,
tired of playing God.
Whoever it was I was
waiting for under
those pixalated pines,
I thought I gave up
waiting for years ago,
but here I am again.
You who've come this far too,
take my cold hand.
Tell me it was you.