Where the bat sucks, there suck I… In my native soil I lie; There I couch when morning’s nigh… In a wolf’s guise I do glide All the evening stealthily.

My bed is like a little brig; Nurse locks me in at night; Wraps me around in itchy wool And takes away the light. The night’s an inky scary blot

lift the lid and the music plays a crinkling tinkling kind of a tun… and you hum along and it’s kind of… to picture Victorian brides and gr… drop the lid and it doesn’t close

With what wonder did I behold the… Alone outdoors and sleeping in a b… Far from the town. Deep in the fo… with other refuse in a nest of roc… and kept from crawling forth by se…

They think I whisper secrets to m… Another drooling booby on the dole… Another dirty, crazy, lonely soul. I am content to let them think lik… This disguise is wise. So says my…

It’s a lovely gloomy day. Come, my dear, come out and play. The shadows gather on the lawn And whisper that the sun is gone And never will come back.

So you’re a witch, the lady said this was a lie my children told and I enjoyed I bobbed my head and in a teasing voice I said

There will be a lad in Xereen who will posit the first time mach… I’ll never forget though he wasn’t born yet how he landed it in our latrine

I chew wild ginger root when insec… When summer’s at its fiercest and… I feel the heat in every vein and… I feel the summer pounding at my b… I watch its glory setting in the w…

Blood junkie come and check me out… Nice warm neck, soft fleshy should… Why don’t you be a little bolder? Fly right in for a little snack. I’ve got a crucifix, stay back!

I denied the clock stopped ticking… I denied the coldness grew. I denied the floorboards creaking. I denied the ghost of you. I placed no hope in spirit writing

Vapor things crawl out of sight Shadowed shapes loose in the night When company comes I don’t see th… A crash and a laugh and I know wh… They don’t put on the lights or si…

I met my double late one night Coming up the stair. I would have scolded loud and long Except he wasn’t there. “Why keep these dreadful hours?”…

No sooner has the sun gone down When I awake and go to town. Since vampires bit me where I lay I have to go to bed by day. I wander round while others sleep.