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Kimberly Nichols

My grandfather did it
Strolling up shore
Fat and gray
With strawberry fields forever.

Dad does it from a grave
Dug up at seaside
A woman
Upon seeing dead dad
Face screams; walking
Dracula nailed,
He walks away; leaving
Footprints
In the sand begin my terror.

I spend the whole time running.
The dead walk differently
Blink and they are closer
Blink again and they are next
To you; arms wrapped
Around your neck
Choking.