EVERY COPY OF SUPER MARIO 64 IS PERSONALIZED by Miss Macross
CW: Mention of childhood emotional abuse
vivid replay of a childhood me: on the floor
guided by my mother: on the couch
to open the door under princess peach’s moat,
not realizing doors don’t open underwater in the game.
but she wouldn’t let me move on
until i opened that door
and that night, i slammed my bedroom door in her face.
woke up to my father nailing it open with a wood plank
and i didn’t open or close for the next 12 months.
miss macross (she/her) is a multi-genre writer who enjoys watching mecha anime and taking naps. She worships the moon because she is both a lunar witch and That Poet. Find her on Twitter @missmacross.