Call Of Duty In My Hero's Journey

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“crouch, kill, reload “
I turn on my Xbox
To play call of duty
Not knowing the types
Of people I will encounter

I meet Jason the veteran
He plays the game a lot
Sitting in his mom’s basement
Yelling at the screen
He uses words like “bro” and “noob”
Looking down on other people who
Don’t have the reflexes he has so he
Laughs at them and calls them names
He stays up late at night eating Doritos and
Drinking mountain dew and consuming
Handfuls of Adderall to stay awake because one day
He will become a professional

Then you come across little Timmy
He sounds like he is eight years old (that’s
Because he is) and Has never been home alone. He sounds Innocent right?
Well nightfall strikes,
Mom and dad have gone to bed but not
Little Timmy,

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