you blow into the cartridge and try to insert it again.

it still won’t go in.
you keep trying until you’re red with frustration.

• this was the first game you ever beat your brother in.
• of course he doesn’t want you to play it.

you get so angry, you smash it with your fist.
it breaks into pieces.
bits of plastic stick to your hands.

• he would be so angry with you.
• you burst into tears.
• this wasn’t your Nintendo 64 to break.