Each week, the Standard reaches out to Austin’s Typewriter Rodeo for a custom poem on Texas topics.
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Lessons from Tetris
long line, small square
l shaped piece, 3-1 beast
each has its one place
each can occupy any space
our job is to shift, change
rearrange
empty our minds, while clearing lines
i think playing tetris as a child
made me the evil genius i am today
because i know
no matter how things stack against me
one strategic move
can wipe the whole board away
and there’s no mistake
that with time and careful lines
can’t be erased
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