you asked me one day
"zombie apocalypse, three people
who do you take?"
my first thought was you
so we could repopulate
but that's not what i would say
i'd just laugh and turn away
give you someone else's name
and make up an excuse like
*he's probably good with a blade

three days
since i last painted your face
without your grace
this whole place
is turned a darker grey
the way you say
you can't wait for may
to be gone, it's okay