The New Zombie

1

I stare at a faint
spinning disc

in the black
endlessly

ready to pounce.  

        2   

I actually say,

"I'm so sick
of zombies!"  

        3 

Viral relics 
in the genome?

Genes that switch
themselves off

and on,

unthinking
but coordinated?

        4

Zombie surfeit

Half-off zombie.

The best zombie
imitation.

Invisible zombie 
hand

Copyright Credit: Rae Armantrout, "The New Zombie" from Itself. Copyright © 2015 by Rae Armantrout.  Reprinted by permission of Wesleyan University Press.
Source: Itself (Wesleyan University Press, 2015)