And the Night was Undead • Bradley Mason Hamlin

Up
against
the wall

in the dark

heart beating
too fast

they’re
closing in
and you
know
it

and this
is all
you have

this moment

naked
alone
with her

and the moon
and that salvo
of stars

in her eyes

as you move
closer
together

against it
all,

the fortification
becomes
a force field


and
the zombies
moan
and groan
and cry
on the other
side

of the
energy barrier

but
they’ve
always
been

like that.


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Bradley Mason Hamlin is an American writer 
and the creator of Secret Society Comics. He is an 
alumni of the University of California, where 
poet Gary Snyder dubbed Hamlin “The Road 
Warrior of Poetry!” Born in Los Angeles, Hamlin 
currently lives in Sacramento, California with 
his wife, Nicky Christine, and their children & 
their wild cats. His latest book of poems, California 
Blonde, is available from Black Shark Press.