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A poem for You: “Ballad of The Blue”
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O why such glee, Villager most blue?,
Loud and gaily cheering?
Your role is null and plays no part,
Your lynch is surely nearing
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O why such glee, Villager most blue?,
So joyous and at ease?
Your game is full of careless trolls,
Your cop has four CCs
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I saw a frown on thy face,
Yet now eyes sparkle bright
And on thy cheeks a weary note,
Yet quickly leaving sight
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I played a match in which I was clear,
Hammered wrong on lylo
My fellows took no pause to report,
Mods gave me a vio
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I went to sandbox to serve my time,
Was forsaken as a main-er
Claimed virgin as fool to prove them wrong,
Now I only play survivor
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One game more revealed by oracle,
Yet carolled middle my name
The town swiftly put my neck to noose,
Though naked doctor my claim
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I took to hosting to avoid the trolls,
I kicked them all righteously
The forums proclaimed hostkilling vile,
D1 I woke lifelessly
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Designed a setup with all the best roles,
Quickly negged to eternity
Put my face on forums for all to see,
Jamal reacted scornfully
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Enough was enough, I left to never return,
Even installed a site blocker
The voices of trolls, weebs, try-hards out of my head,
Humans can be so improper
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Yet temptation creeps and has a devil’s persuasion,
I returned that week (And gladly so!)
With neither thought nor care, I entered a new game,
My expectations unjustly low
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I saw old players and those very new,
They greeted me with a smile!
They cried—‘O hoi! Welcome back to the site,
We had missed you for the while’
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I skimmed the chat of jokes and stories,
Of a love-filled community
My heart was warmed as truth I realized,
Friends—not games—create unity
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Anger washed away at my vegetable partners,
I felt like I belonged
I would go thrice again through all that I had been,
Should my friends come along
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So even without night action, I gleefully cheer,
Unphased by our baker fasting
Though each of us plays for a reason only theirs,
The bonds we make are everlasting
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