The weak whine whispers nothing
The lighthouses scream sublime
His thumbs shift, teeter-totter
Deep breath, stand back, launch SteamVR

Thumbs untouch the sensors
Soon his fingers track.
Thumbs push down but fail to see
The thumbsticks clicking down

A little jitter, a little glare
LCD blacks weak and desaturated
A flood of buyer's remorse
Brings a seethe that knows no equal

You’re 144Hz now
You see things much more clear than in CV1
It’s all okay, it would be
Were the thumbsticks clicking down

Increase the deadzone to slow the drift
What now could slow the flop
All I’d give for thumbs to touch
The CV1 Controllers back on top

But this is it, the deed is done
Silence drowns the sound
Before I bought I should’ve seen
If the thumbsticks were clicking down.

I really should’ve thought about
The thumbsticks clicking down
I wish I could’ve known about
The thumbsticks clicking down