"How the hell did I lose that fight?"
For Sleepy Drafts Eavesdropping Challenge
“How the hell did I lose that fight?”
Was a phrase that I heard last night.
My mate just could not win the match,
He kept begging for COD to get a “patch”.
“That gun needs to get nerfed, man!”
He shouted just as the game began.
His game seemed to be getting worse,
It won’t be long before he starts to curse.
“Everything seems to be going wrong!”
Turning his complaint into a song.
It didn’t sound like it was going right,
But the end of the tunnel was full of light.
“I can’t believe we won that game.”
Just because he couldn’t aim.
Those were his words not mine,
Which made it my time to shine.
“I didn’t know you did that well!”
During the game I couldn’t tell.
My friend shouted so loud, that
He dominated the party chat.
“How the hell did I lose that fight?”
Was a phrase that I heard last night.
In fact I heard it quite a lot,
Everytime my friend got shot.
About the Creator
Liam Storm
I currently work as a thatcher, but love the art of writing a narrative, currently I am working on putting my ideas onto paper and creating a book. In the meantime I create short stories to keep myself, girlfriend and two dogs entertained.
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Comments (8)
If it had been me playing, you would have heard the whole room saying, "Oh, I can believe it!" Lol.
My bf used to play COD, so i can relate. Love the rhymes. Very creative😘❤️🔥
Good take on this challenge… lovely rhyme and humour.
Hahah I know this well 😅 great rhythm and rhyme! I love reading your work. You manage to write in so manny different ways it's always a delight when you publish new work 😊
Hahahahahahahahaha this was a fun one! Loved it!
Super fun rhyme scheme!!! This was a fun one :)
Awesome phrasing and word play. Neat story to the final line
Omg!! I love this!! This was so well done! Thank you so much for writing this and submitting it to the Sleepy Mission!! 👏🏻💗 You did such a great job with this prompt!