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The High-rise Built by Zombies

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Updated: Dec 21, 2023

Told that they must punch-in by 

Whistle-clock for the work gang; 

Told that they must punch-out by 

Their hunger, they have worked long hours. 

 

A girl with purple-hair had cursed, 

Them to their faces, for she fell, 

And bruised her knee in its shadow, 

Though they are laughing longer.

 

He came-out of the corner-store, 

With long bursts of his flame-thrower, 

To clear away the weeds and bushes

That tortured him in his sights. 

 

The skeleton stands in twilight; 

Between night and day can be found, 

The cavernous and hollow guts, 

Of the high-rise built by Zombies. 


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Copyright 2023 Jeffrey Merk

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