I ran as quickly as a hog

I ran as quickly as a hog

A poem about lessons and loss. Inspired by W. Wordsworth.

1. I ran as quickly as a hog
2. That rolls with Tails o'er greens and hills,
3. When all at once I hit a spike,
4. A host of gold from me did spill;
5. Beside the shuttle, around the loop,
6. Spining and dancing down the scoop.
7.  
8. Continuous as the Star Light Zone
9. And twinkle like a bonus stage,
10. They stretched in outward moving line
11. Along the margin of the way:
12. Then hundreds saw I at a glance,
13. Glinting their circlets in sprightly dance.
14.  
15. The foes beside them fought, but they
16. Outdid the shooting foes in glee:
17. A gamer could not help but play,
18. In such a risky state of being:
19. I ran and rolled, yet always thought
20. What wealth my poor playing had cost:
21. For oft, when on my couch I lie
22. In zoned out or distracted mood,
23. They flash upon my gamer's eye
24. Which is the price of lazy-tude;
25. And then my heart with resolve fills,
26. And zooms to finish the green hills.

Richard Terrell (KirbyKid)