40 thousand rituals
Satanic and diabolical did not bring us anything

Traded my soul with the old witch
for animal crossing on the switch
But I’ve been tricked
She just gave us a character in Super Smash Bros

I was 16 years old
no friends
no life
my lunch money at school every day went tossing

But when I came home
There was always
Animal Crossing

And new year’s eve
And Christmas eve
and easter morning I would leave them all behind
And I’d walk trough the town
And I’d dig up some fossils or pitfalls
Or go to Tom Nook to buy the new Melon Chair for Alfonso, the alligator who lived near the river.

Sitting with my plate of food
nintendo’s live stream on youtube
and I commented in caps “MY BODY IS READY FOR THE NEW ANIMAL CROSSING”

Then they showed some footage from Mario Party and Pokemon
It looked like fun but I felt my heart grow heavy and I commented “I feel my heart grow heavy”

I was 18 years old
at a campsite
with my girlfriend
Brushing my teeth and she was flossing
we had a hard time connecting
but we shared a love for animal crossing

We played at night in our tent
And the in-game notes she wrote back then
I still have
And I sometimes do read
Even though it’s been a long while since I’ve seen her
But I’m afraid I’ll keep that savegame for the rest of my life

They began to talk about Super Smash Bros for an hour
every single character was described in sick detail and I kept shaking my head and I was banned from the comment section because I sent out too many messages about animal crossing in ALL CAPS

This is what happens when I care too much about something out there
I get crazy and completely desperate

Took off my animal crossing t shirt after the stream
And deleted Animal Crossing Pocket Camp from my phone
And rewatched the video of Chadtronic where he puts Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival in the blender

I have been feeling so alone, disconnected from everyone the last months
But the satanic rituals in the community kept me warm

But before I went to bed
I was reading the E3 Mega Tread
On the animal crossing reddit
Where fans come together to hold hands and comment and

The user /r/Liobam said

“So I just went to EB Games to change my Pokemon pre-order (the ball + game bundle is cheaper) and was chatting with the clerks about Animal Crossing, when they mentioned that a Nintendo rep had been by recently and told them to brace for something big becoming available to pre-order in August. No guarantee that it's AC but at the very least, Direct confirmed?” Who knows, /r/Liobam, who knows..

and someone called @yellow_fr3ak on twitter said
“Guys, if you don't think that Nintendo will release an Animal Crossing game for the Switch soon, you are a fool.” and I didn’t want to be a fool so I believed it.

And so I fell asleep with a sense of peace
and the hope for a 2019 release
Reggie, please