The Gospel According to George Romero (Revision)
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Hello again, Todd. You've been busy! I love it.

(07-26-2017, 03:42 AM)Todd Wrote:  Hunger brings us back. -- I think you can do more with the verb than "brings." It's a little meh. It's bland. Drags?  Pulls? Just something stronger, is all. 
Chewing is the way 
of the night flesh. -- like these last two lines. I like the W's: chewing, way, worms.
Worms teach us -- wouldn't it be taught, if they've been resurrected then they're not in the ground anymore....?
that the mouth
is not for words. -- stanza break here?
No one sleeps 
the long night. -- "long" is also a bit weak, but I understand that it's a phrase, 'the long night,' so I'm torn about it.
When we eat your brains, 
we can remember
the sunrise and who -- not sold on the sunrise bit, if only because I would personally ban sunrises from all poetry ever. It's a bit overdone. It doesn't feel cliche here, but I don't know who longs for a sunrise. Maybe they do....I long for a juicy New York Strip. I'd choose something more carnal and basic like attachment, work, food, drink, sex, etc. Although, sunrise is far better than sunset, I must say.
we were. Like you, 
we always want -- this is the best bit for me: "Like you, we always want." I'd consider setting the last line ("to look back") on its own to make this line break really pop -- we all want want to look back, but we also just want. It's the craving of the zombies that we truly identify with.
to look back. -- I like that it's a metaphorical looking back over our lives and wanting things that once were, as well as an "OMG, I'm being chased by flesh eating zombies!"
I think it's a strong piece and has the possibility to be even stronger with more evocative word choices.

Great concept! Good work.

Lizzie
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