down at the edge of town.
The people cried for the police;
they couldn't hold them down.
I'm looking out my bedroom window,
listening for a sound
of something moving in the low
light down upon the ground.
They're coming from behind the fence
and just around the trees.
My dad says shoot them in the head
but they look just like me.
They look just like me.
My breath is stuck inside my lung,
my stomach don't feel right.
I'm losing my grip on the gun,
my head is feeling light.
My mother takes me by the hand;
says, "It will be all right.
Just stay here with your sister and
keep safe and out of sight."
They're coming from behind the fence
and just around the trees.
Your dad says shoot them in the head
but hey look just like me.
They look just like me.
I can hear my father crying
over all the roar
of the bang of bullets flying
just outside my door.
I can feel my sister shudder,
sitting on the floor.
I see the shadow of my mother.
I can't take it any more.
But they're coming from behind the fence
and just around the trees.
My dad said shoot them in the head
but they look just like me.
They look just like me.
I take my sister's hand and bring
her into the dark hall.
My parents have gone missing
and there's blood on all the walls.
I try to find them in our home.
I raise my voice to call.
I hear the deep gurgling moan.
We turn and see them all.
They're coming from behind the fence
and just around the trees.
My dad said shoot them in the head
but they look just like me.
They look just like me.
They seem to sense us standing there.
My sister froze in place.
One lunged and reached and grabbed her hair.
I saw his scary face.
Then I spotted on the stairs
my dad's 9mm Glock.
I snatch it and point it towards the pair
but I get an awful shock.
My sister's eerily inert,
her head between her knees.
I promised her she won't get hurt
my heart just skipped a beat.
Now she's rising from the dead;
she's reaching out for me.
My dad said shoot them in the head
but she looks just like me
and she's reaching out for me.
by Cynthia Smallwood
September 18th, 2007
