Add to this, "Breathers: A Zombie's Lament, " a movie produced by Diablo Cody -- of "Juno" fame -- based on a book recounting the hard times of a lonely flesh eater, and you'll see we're being positively overrun with the undead.

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Once Hendricks Sr. passed away however, the vessel once more fell upon hard times, wasting away on a lonely jetty in southern Florida.

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For most school children, being able to recite a poem from memory is a short cut to wandering lonely as a cloud during lunch times and having your gym kit chucked on top of the bus shelter.

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