Nintendo by Simon Lewis

This was the ultimate framed canvas of hard work:

an agitated gorilla dropping an infinite stock of barrels,

on a pixelated plumber scurrying, jumping, climbing

across girders, commissioned to save a princess

hanging from a hook on a crane, with chiptunes beeping

until the batteries died and the site dimmed into silence.

Years later, it is found at the bottom of a black bin bag,

under dungarees, stripy sweaters, Marvel Hero pyjamas,

its brilliant orange faded to a dull sunset, the lithium crusted.

The building site ruled by Donkey Kong is abandoned

overnight, its monochrome stories a childhood memory

the liquid crystal evaporated, the screen a ghost estate.

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Simon Lewis was the winner of the 2015 Hennessey Prize for Emerging Poetry and featured in Poetry Ireland’s Poetry Introductions Series. He has been shortlisted for the Listowel Poetry Prize and Bridport Prize in 2014 and received special commendation in the Dromineer Literary Prize and the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Awards the same year. He has also been published in many literary journals and magazines including Boyne Berries, Blue Max Review, Irish Literary Review, Silver Apples and Deep Water.

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