The gravity

Of DDR

Pulls me to

The ar-ar-ar

'Cade,

The place where i

Get my fix

Or continually try.

The pull

I can't resist,

Sorely painful

If it's missed

It draws me in

Lures me to play

It won't take much

On any day.

It's black Friday,

And guess where

I happen to be today?

Inside here of all places

The mall it is,

And I'm driving forth to play.

The arcade's empty when I come,

Except for Amy and another,

I can't wait to get my feet

On that machine... oh, brother.

Five regulars stand in my way,

A rather crazy bunch.

They're all good guys at heart,

Might I wait to play 'til lunch?

Not a chance, my token takes its place,

Amongst the others in the line.

A guy asks me to play alongside

Him, and I say that's fine

That way, there's less between

Myself and that desired pad,

And this guy, he's pretty good,

The songs he picks are tough, but not bad.

After cycling through the chain,

And playing games as a pair,

His family shows up outside,

And he has to go there.

I continue on my own,

Pairing with some more,

Taking myself out for a breather,

And my emptying bag begging for more

Tokens.

I run out of cash,

Decide to call quits.

My budget can't handle

Much more of this.

One more game,

All on my own,

I brace for each song,

Some notes hit like stones.

I have deep respect

For songs that challenge me,

The beat that entices me,

The steps that elude me

I run short of breath

As the regs cheer me on

Just a few steps away

From victory gained or far gone.

I pant my way through,

I dare hold my breath.

I grasp to that thread of victory,

That lifebar that means life or death

The song comes to close,

I get a round congrats,

I'm the junior of the heavy players,

I'm glad that I passed.

I look at a song

That entices me fore,

A new healing vision

I've never seen before

I loved the first one

On konamix's set,

This one is faster,

It's my last song, you bet

I'll try it, no loss in that,

Daring, I knock it up to green.

I get cheers from my friends,

As I start up the screen.

It has a hospital theme,

And soon I feel I need one

As within the first few seconds,

I'm a few steps from done.

But I hang in there,

It gets harder and harder

To keep that speed,

But my perseverance holds longer

The song comes to close,

I feel about to faint,

As I gasp for my breath,

And I feel like some saint.

That challenge was enlightening,

So painfully divine,

I have to go back to it,

Not yet, but sometime.

I take my token

Out of the lineup,

I have to recover,

Before any more times up.

I decide to recoup

In the bookstore for now,

Still to this day,

I don't know quite how

I walked from the one end

Of the mall to the other,

But I'm not complaining,

I won't even bother.

Just get from today,

Just get back your vitals,

I tell myself,

'Cause you've gotta do finals!

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