A Vampire
By Albert Ahearn •
The soporific sound of rain
Falling on the shingled rooftops
Induces his subconscious brain
to summon id with every drop.
His instinctual impetus
craves immediate primal need:
vitality that flows through us.
Tonight the innocent will bleed
to quench within, a burning fire
that’s required to tame his soul
forever damned: a vampire!
who roams and stalks celestial
darkest nights for unfortunates
to engorge their blood to excess.