Neo-Surrealistic Prose Poem Of The Day

During the Civil War, at intermissions, among the soldiers favorite things to do was to engage in friendly games of
Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo. The men would sit around the campfire and be playing the Nintendo with the hand-held controllers allowing a wide range of physical actions for its characters; Jumping, Ducking, Sliding, Turbo Running, etc.
Taking turns, with the flat screen. embedded in a tree trunk,  they'd stay up all night.
Then one day a giant hand came out of the sky and plucked them one by one and gobbled them up and they disappeared and nobody knew what became of them. Text messages were sent and recieved for three days straight.