Saturday, April 25, 2020

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nocturne

i’m not a
colonel i’m
a tramp.  i’m 
not ethereal i’m
eternal (if wishes 
were ... ) ....

i’m not di
agonal i’m...
not... diurnal? 
my arse
nal is not
a triumph!
it’s an
umph!

where i lie
i lay (okay,
i’m in a
lair where
there’s not 
even a ray.)
(there might 
actually be 
a ray.)!

it’s just
another day
in a dreary
series of 
soul-
sucking
flesh-eat-
ing...oops!

okay, okay.
it’s the 
thick of
an even
darker
night
and

i am not
octagonal
i’m noc
turnal.  i am
not a sphynx
i’m not
even the least
bit primeval.

i’m just
a run-of-the-
mill, blood-
and-gore
vampire
(coff! coff!
-in!).

i might
be less
entertaining
than you are
a square meal,
but here’s 
the real deal:

take me
as you 
want me.
i’m pretty
sure i’ll
always be
just as glad
to have 
you any
way.