I was super excited to get a new video game console. The
game came with a lifelike tommy gun and I knew since tommy guns were weapons
from old gangster movies that I was promoting no new kind of violence. When I got ready to play the game I put on my
headset to play live with people from all over the world. How cool is that? I
finally had access to a multitude of strangers…possibly some to meet. I finally
saw why children enjoyed gaming so much. I had my tommy gun ready to fake shoot
the avatar fake people I met. The first person I battled with was a
12-year old kid, a seasoned veteran of the game. Being that it was my first
time, the kid fake killed me over and over again. Each time he would yell,
“Open those legs, Bitch!” or “Up your ass, faggot!” I was so shocked. I
remember actually saying out loud, “I’m shocked!” After taking what seemed like
hours of verbal abuse from FishEater2013,
a 12-year old kid, I finally became
frustrated and yelled, “Hey kid! Tell your daddy he needs an ass whooping for
not knowing you have a mouth like that!” The kid laughed at me and said, “Oh
yeah, from who?” I said, “From RightSaidFred1991.
That’s who.” I mean seriously? I used to think Frogger on Atari was a headache. But, I’ve practiced so much that
now I fake kill FishEater2013
every time and I’ve taught him less offensive phrases to say like “Mission
Accomplished!” when he wins or “Awe…Game over!” when he loses. And it only took
threatening to come over and kill his family when he was sleeping. I love
gaming. It’s safe violence
There’s nothing that hurts more than when we lose someone from our Louisiana Words family. But, the beauty of our writing movement is that the words of our loved ones live on with us. On June 20th, 2023, Louisiana Words Allstar, Jorge Arturo, moved on from this world leaving our hearts broken. He was a charismatic and talented human being. Jorge resided in New Orleans, LA and had been active on Louisiana Words for over a year. To honor Jorge’s life and work, we will be sharing his writing and live performances all Summer 2023. Please help keep his spirit alive by sharing his work. We know that Jorge’s words will connect with our readers and we hope to keep his spirit alive. Jorge’s first submission: “The Dog Show” debuted on February 6th, 2022 and is his most successful piece to date. In 2022, Jorge spent 10 weeks in the top with “The Dog Show,” “Weavers,” “They Say Love Kills, This Time It Really Did,” and “If Hell is Real, It Looks Like an Airport.” His la...
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