Thursday Thoughts - Angry Birds and Sling Shots

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Dear Rovio,

I'd like to thank you for your game, Angry Birds,

which must be designed by truly genius nerds.

It seems like half the world is addicted,

some for reasons you may or may not have predicted.

I'm sure you made the main bird red

to plant feelings of love in my head

and gave the birds each spontaneity

to make them seem as cool as Fonzie.

Yet do you realize the true significance

of the simple sling shot's resurgence?

Forgotten for years except by boys.

Found in stores by the children's toys.

Few had seen how one well placed thud

could turn a castle into crumbled crud.

Now we are all learning angles to sling

flying balls of fury at incessant chirping.

Rather than dreaming of some violent mess

befalling enemies, causing duress,

I now dream of catapulting tomatoes

from my underground cellar into tornadoes.

I'm not one of the fifteen percent

who falls faint when blood is spent,

but I prefer your game's crash and poof

where demise is much more aloof.

I hope that the potential for change that I see

comes to the world because of thee.

What if someday gangsters preferred

sling shots to pistols for protecting their herd?

What will come next after outer space?

Some climate change ravaged place?

I'm certain you'll think of something with style

which will dazzle, intrigue and beguile...

Thank you for making phone games worth my while!

Sincerely,

Rachel Hoyt

of Rhyme Me a Smile