Join the Blight

Step up into the machine
It promises to make you gleam
Fortunes are made here
Balance is slain, dear

Figured it out, we long ago did
Failure to clout, wield onto grids
This game, the only game, the only town
Other options: none at all, you could drown

Bleakness is a virtue
As it must be our due
Collect it all from where it lies
Concern yourself not with how it died