Million-Dollar Flippers
Why is the minimum score in pinball
For hitting a light or ringing a bell
Always ten ? And why not one ?
You think I’ll play some more of your pinball
If the mounting-numbers always swell
By tens, or even a ton ?
Cheap psychology, insulting intelligence –
And it works the other way on me,
Annoying my latent OCD.
And video games make as little sense,
Continuing to cheapen the score
By piling on ever more and more.
It all comes back to the spinning reels of pinball,
Bullshitting me with spam,
Expecting me to be impressed.
They think their hyper-inflation appeals in pinball,
Like I should give a damn
Like I’m on some kind of epic quest.
The logics of these sleazy joints,
Is overpricing ev’rything-
With ev’ry time the buzzers ring.
They’re cheap participation points.
The zeroes flash forever more –
Forget the game, just watch the score !
Rhyming Couplets 