Zombie Haiku Analysis

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Ryan Mecum the man behind two genius haiku books made it seemingly easy to help me decide my feelings for vampire and zombie haiku. I am disgusted. These books make the attempt to humanize these monsters, and in that attempt I nearly vomited.
First, Zombie Haiku, humanizes the zombie who does not even have an identity. Mecum tells his poetry through the writing of a zombie. Zombies eat brains they do not have brains. This zombie has relatable emotions on the most disturbed level. Making it almost not relatable. “Fresh foods smells so good like pasta mom used to make. Mom brains smell good” (Mecum, 40). This zombie is remembering what used to make him hungry and appeals to him. Now his very own mother’s brains smell tasty. “Gross!” “The crying baby reminds of fast food meals with a prize inside,” (Mecum, 98). It is difficult to sympathize with this zombie when he also eats babies!
Second, Vampire Haiku is honestly no better than Zombie Haiku. The monster who narrates the poetry is a vampire who goes by the name of William Button. Mecum try’s to also humanize this vampire, by using romance to be relatable to us humans, he actually throws a little Romeo and Juliet romance, in the middle of raging, selfish, and bloodsucking vampires. Failed attempt to get my sympathy and empathy. “If I can get up and preserve her in my heart our will go on” (Mecum, 134). “Okay”, …show more content…

Many readers probably were successfully convinced to feel remorse for these monsters. I had a pinch of sympathy for these monsters. “Oh right,” they are monsters and for that reason and that reason only I wrap this paper up by saying. Zombie and Vampire Haiku’s was successful in making my stomach cringe. Do you think that zombie would like to eat my brains, since I do not care for him to much? Or William Button, do you think William would like to bottle up my blood and save it for special

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