Best Atari Poems

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Part 1:
Oh I worked several years at Atari (1)
Always thinking, "It's too good to last,"
Bushnell's (2) leaving - hand writing on rampart...

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It started quite some time ago
His name was Pitfall Harry
I learned of bits and algorithms
On a 2600 Atari

And then there came Nintendo
It began my end...

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Daley Thompson's Decathlon
A game that made your fingers throb
And Pacman was an intriguing game
A mission of sticking things in his gob
Who could ever forget Space...

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I’ll always remember the things that we did,
When you were my dad and I was your kid.
You were everything then that I wanted to be,
And...

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Part I.

Harvest time was winding down, 
I was taking lunch in town, 
After spending six long hours plowing stubble.
Washing up I met a man, 
Guessed...

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As the only large cat with a voice I roar from within my solitude
 Prowling with swagga and a side of attitude
 My voice is...

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grandma's potato pancakes
reminds me of my wooden tennis racket
along with my three wheeler big wheel
drench however many with butter and some warm, 
equally buttery grits...

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Milltown, Shawsbridge in the 1980's...
 
When the sun had possession of the season
 and tarmac was treacled by the temperature.
 When we went to war...

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5/5/17



I know I've been tardy
Let my mom know, I'm sorry
Like 6 dogs said in "flossing"

I know I've been tardy
Let my mom know, I'm sorry
Like 6...

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Barbie, Atari, He-man 
Batman, She-Ra, Ronald Reagan
Indiana Jones, and landline phones
The Dark Crystal and around 5.2 billion people 
Andre the Giant’s Honeycomb commercial 
Rainbow Brite,...

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Atari, Sega
Nintendo, Playstation One
Just reminiscing......

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The Nativity 
Macy's Christmas parade
Jingle Bells on a Silent Night 
Lionel Trains sets 
Anxious and can't sleep 
colorful gift wrapping paper
bows and ribbons
large family xmas...

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Vidtec and US Games were made for the Atari VCS.
Some of them were great while others were a mess.
US Games and Vidtec were a division...

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I’ve made a resolution to begin a
new tradition. Maybe something
along the lines of working out at
the gym, for once I’d be in shape
and slim. Oh,...

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My Last Las Vegas C.E.S. (1)
(A Memorial Poem)
I long counted Steve Bristow a friend (1) and we'd fly off to lunch
some days (Steve would get...

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