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Zombi
Zombi… Hollywood has
glorified these creatures,
their video games entertain,
and modern television
has mainstreamed them;
a very nice monetary gain.
But the unbelievable reality
is more horrifying than fiction.
The Caribbean is full of legends,
but the most frightening of all,
is the ones of the living death
that enslaves the human condition.
The Bokor /sorcerer
revives the unfortunate dead
enslaving them for his pleasures,
sending them on vengeful missions,
puppets of sorts, for his own
wickedly heinous endeavors.
Terrifying to imagine,
even more so to witness,
fore the stuff of legends
is not a work of fiction;
long thought to be, just
a product of the illiterate,
superstitious, poor’s myths,
the truth nightmares are made with.
Living, breathing zombis
created by evil bokors,
Ooh tsk, tsk, tsk…but there is yet more,
more ways to mortify the living,
enslaved while they asleep,
a zombi made of the dreaming,
never waking from the screams.
The wily bokor will steal a token
of the one he/she wishes to use,
along with dark magic things
it is placed in a coffer with runes.
Ahh… but even more nefarious still,
innocuous rail lines have been built,
a transport for migrant workers,
but unfortunately for them
they board, “the witch train" instead.
Trains that appeared ordinary,
but are staffed by zombis,
controlled by the evil witch;
abducting the unsuspecting
person boarding at night
and either turning him into
a zombi slave worker or beaten out right,
then thrown mercilessly off the train
a distance away from the original site.
A realty few will openly admit to;
documented, then forgotten,
studied and then ridiculed,
more than legend and lore
the stories are, authentically true
case in point, these dictators use.
Many infamous wicked bokors,
have their names in the annals
of villains, the Caribbean has birthed,
Fidel Castro, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier
and his son, the most notorious of all,
Jean-Claude “Bébé Doc” Duvalier.
So! Shall we wake the dead
and observe where it is they go?
Investigate if they are just
an imagined Hollywood creation,
made just for shock and show?
Or are they unwilling slaves
from the darkest legends of Africa;
spells, brought here to our shores
by a depraved and sinister conjurers.
Gypsy Red
glorified these creatures,
their video games entertain,
and modern television
has mainstreamed them;
a very nice monetary gain.
But the unbelievable reality
is more horrifying than fiction.
The Caribbean is full of legends,
but the most frightening of all,
is the ones of the living death
that enslaves the human condition.
The Bokor /sorcerer
revives the unfortunate dead
enslaving them for his pleasures,
sending them on vengeful missions,
puppets of sorts, for his own
wickedly heinous endeavors.
Terrifying to imagine,
even more so to witness,
fore the stuff of legends
is not a work of fiction;
long thought to be, just
a product of the illiterate,
superstitious, poor’s myths,
the truth nightmares are made with.
Living, breathing zombis
created by evil bokors,
Ooh tsk, tsk, tsk…but there is yet more,
more ways to mortify the living,
enslaved while they asleep,
a zombi made of the dreaming,
never waking from the screams.
The wily bokor will steal a token
of the one he/she wishes to use,
along with dark magic things
it is placed in a coffer with runes.
Ahh… but even more nefarious still,
innocuous rail lines have been built,
a transport for migrant workers,
but unfortunately for them
they board, “the witch train" instead.
Trains that appeared ordinary,
but are staffed by zombis,
controlled by the evil witch;
abducting the unsuspecting
person boarding at night
and either turning him into
a zombi slave worker or beaten out right,
then thrown mercilessly off the train
a distance away from the original site.
A realty few will openly admit to;
documented, then forgotten,
studied and then ridiculed,
more than legend and lore
the stories are, authentically true
case in point, these dictators use.
Many infamous wicked bokors,
have their names in the annals
of villains, the Caribbean has birthed,
Fidel Castro, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier
and his son, the most notorious of all,
Jean-Claude “Bébé Doc” Duvalier.
So! Shall we wake the dead
and observe where it is they go?
Investigate if they are just
an imagined Hollywood creation,
made just for shock and show?
Or are they unwilling slaves
from the darkest legends of Africa;
spells, brought here to our shores
by a depraved and sinister conjurers.
Gypsy Red
Published 8th Oct 2012
| Edited 9th Oct 2012
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8th Oct 2012 9:47pm
Girl I see you are in rare Diabolical form today!Love these last two halloween writes girl
and you know...It's from Africa to our shores for sure!
Fire
and you know...It's from Africa to our shores for sure!
Fire
8th Oct 2012 11:09pm
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8th Oct 2012 9:57pm
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8th Oct 2012 11:15pm
So many things have been attributed to Disney and Hollywood animator,s but the truth is more scarier than fiction. The zombi is very real all be it no the way it is portrayed.
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8th Oct 2012 10:11pm
Will we rush to war releasing the plagues that bring about the end we fear the most?
8th Oct 2012 11:17pm
You never know... men's minds are terrifying and they can create a hell on earth.Thanks RT
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8th Oct 2012 10:11pm
Exellent very informative . im off to research the boker sorceror
great write
marcus
great write
marcus
8th Oct 2012 11:18pm
Thanks Z I am glad peeked your curiosity it is a very interesting topic.
Red
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8th Oct 2012 10:38pm
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8th Oct 2012 11:27pm
That is the understatement of the century, Strider! haha thanks for reading.
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Anonymous
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8th Oct 2012 10:44pm
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I have read several studies on the subject and seen a few documentaries, yet this was not quoted from those studies. This is from my own knowledge, based on eye witness accounts and stories passed down by elders. But one thing is true in both, the poison the bokor use does come from the blowfish along with other botanicals; although each bokor has his or her own recipe. Vodoun is one of the Caribbeans oldest religions and its been practiced by my people for centuries, somethings you don't forget.
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9th Oct 2012 12:54pm
Great write and food for thought.... I'm always intrigued by these things.... Thanks babe..
9th Oct 2012 3:43pm
Well Doc you got some morbid interests,thanks for stopping by, glad you enjoyed my scary piece.
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9th Oct 2012 7:55pm
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9th Oct 2012 9:58pm
Haha glad you liked Crim welcome to the ghoulish series there are more to come! Thanks for the comment.
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