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John Sakkis – from Gary Gygax


John Sakkis

from Gary Gygax

Zombie


hipsters watch zombie movies

are resistant to charm

and sleep spells of all sorts

for every 20 elves in a band

there’s a mob of hipsters

trolling Craigslist for a “Fixie,”

a 4-track,

San Francisco and NYC

humanoid in appearance

with gill slits on the throat

and greenish-silver skin

and green or

blue-green hair

they fashion caverns

in lagoon bottoms

chugging American beer

with supra-genius ability

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