Zombies in Snapbacks

Like you were a first trip to NYC, or a perfect view of the cosmos from that clearing on Sylvan Avenue, I was agape and fawning while you sauntered out from your double doors, to the end of your driveway, to where I rocked on my heels eagerly on Allen Dr. at 6:23 Come 7:15, we bedecked your body with stripped and frayed Armani in tribute to the Walkers we've seen; cool-white fluorescence drew emphasis on the harmony between your ivory simper and each cobalt marble that rolled and flicked beneath your tuckered eyelids by some sort of beatnik artistry. Frankly, my chest swelled with fever when I noted the scrunch of your nose askance to liquid-latex applications, or the way black cherry sap wept from the corners of your mouth while dislodging the blood-capsule in-between your molars and your stately, hollow cheek at 7:50 And I noticed around 8:00, when I had slowed you to a halt near the crosswalk on Montauk between Coastal and Le Soir to fix the scar-tissue on your chin, that if I ever knew there to be one, you made a most stunning zombie with my Tom & Jerry cap lining your scalp; Which made the stain left by the makeup worth the trade of my hat in exchange for your company, as we picked up a twelve-pack at the 7-11 just down the street before we returned to the party.

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Written by

stoop-kid

American

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Dec 17, 2013

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Notes: Thank you so much for taking the time to check "Zombies in Snapbacks" out! This is the first poem I've written (and completed) since high school.

"Zombies in Snapbacks" reflects a moment of eagerness and the secret realization of fondness I have for this friend of mine before a Halloween party in October when him & I went on a stroll for beer.

I love ZiS enough to want to make revisions where it can make the most of them, so I am always open to constructive feedback! Thanks again, I hope you enjoyed "Zombies in Snapbacks!"

Note: Disregard any capitalization/punctuation errors, they are intentional.

Two revisions have been made:
1. Added to first stanza.
2. Two stanzas added between the first stanza and (now) fourth stanza.

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