A Sims Character Poem by Margaret Alice

Nici said her SIMS character froze when she
cancelled an order, couldn’t budge - she had
to restart the game; I know when I eat allergy
food, my brain freezes like SIMS characters;
Nici says all the furniture is sold, when she
restarts, she has to start from scratch

That’s what happens to me when I eat things
my system cannot digest; my mental house
cleared out, I have to restart everything, lately
I am prepared to deal with falling into the Black
Hole in my head: Restart the brain-game, re-
place everything - as Nici does when playing
SIMS - retrieve my memories

I wish I could fill in forms saying “I’m having a
SIMS day, please excuse me from all activity”
then I won’t try to pay with the garage-card in
the supermarket, won’t tell everyone my brain
is unhinged; I would be staying at home, safe
in my bed, not trying to smile

While being utterly confused; I would have been
in SIMS heaven, especially when you see the
houses Nici creates for them!

[SIMS is a new computer game the kids are playing,
they construct a family, then build houses and careers
for them. I haven’t played it as yet.]