Game Over

Game Over by Carlyn Parent Pac Man, bright like a cartoon sun, advances to level three. Scooting his way through the flashing entrance, he encounters a bundle of bananas. Pac Man accepts without knowledge of its dangers. The initial fruit energy is not enough to conquer the ongoing maze. Pac Man, too young for such perils, becomes dizzy, bouncing off walls, hurting himself and those around him. The blue ghost attacks, consuming Pac Man. Points are nonchalantly subtracted from his already-short life. The hypnotic game would not occur if men learned to refuse the bundle of bananas. It is poisoned with alcohol.