A virus released in The Hive
Made the Red Queen kill all inside
It got out of control
The world paid its toll
And now there is nowhere to hide
The Earth Died Screaming
Rudy’s on the midway
and Jacob’s in the hole
the monkey’s on the ladder
the devil shovels coal
with crows as big as airplanes
the lion has three heads
and someone will eat the skin that he sheds
and the earth died screaming
the earth died screaming
while I lay dreaming of you
Well hell doesn’t want you
and heaven is full
bring me some water
put it in this skull
I walk between the raindrops
wait in bug house square
and the army ants
they leave nothin’ but the bones
and the earth died screaming while I lay dreaming of you
There was thunder there was lightning
then the stars went out and the moon fell from the sky
it rained mackerel it rained trout
and the great day of wrath has come
and here’s mud in your big red eye
the poker’s in the fire and the locusts take the sky
and the earth died screaming while I lay dreaming of you
- The Earth Died Screaming, by Tom Waits
Digging through the dirt
Graves release their prisoners
Following the smells
Why do they bother?
Lying in peace underground
Why not just stay there?
I mean, half the time
They’re wandering aimlessly
And never get fed
Francis
Left 4 Dead found-poetry. With sincere apologies to Valve.
We walked a hundred miles
To fight five million vampires.
The old man wouldn’t leave one of us out there.
Just two of us left.
Shit.
This is turning into one of those days.
God is dead, huh?
I was just starting to like that guy.
The manager is down for the count.
Rest in peace, old man.
The whole damn city is on fire.
Good thing I’m indestructible.
I told I’d take care of you.
I told you I’d get us out of here
I ain’t doin’ so good.
I don’t mean to sound like a… sissy.
Any zombie fight you…
…Can crawl away from -
Means you won it.
But… I’m pretty hurt.
I hate walking.
I hate whispering.
I hate Ayn Rand
You know what I don’t hate?
My sweet shotgun. What’s so funny?
