Sunday, December 4, 2011

A Bleak Magpie


Hunger Pangs
by Lemuel Crouse

Look at them grazing...
Sipping coffee black and
Gnawing on white bread
Sandwiches at mid-day.

Not cursed with vampyric
Pallor, they...rather
tan, accustomed to sitting
in sunlight once in awhile.

I would smile at them
From my dark alcove but
Methinks they would not
Return the kindness...ha!

Wait, I shall, until night
blindness takes them
And then I will have my
Fill of dark, steamy draught.

Painting of Rainer Maria Rilke
Born 12/4/1875
Artist Unknown
(VERY vampyric, don't you think?)
Thanks, tk (!)

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14 comments:

  1. The BugDecember 4, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    OK, I'm carrying a flashlight!

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  2. christopherDecember 4, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    I like your vampire's point of view. I guess I am twisted a bit too.

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  3. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallDecember 4, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    dark and fun.

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  4. Marilyn & JeffDecember 4, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    Oh, a scary take here. Good one.

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  5. Glenn ButtkusDecember 4, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    That's it--you are not allowed
    to watch any more steamy episodes
    of TRUE BLOOD. What a lovely
    and macabre twist on the Orwellian
    image prompt. Many of us have
    sunk our fangs into poetics that
    may have started out virginal,
    but like dear Bella, have suddenly
    been turned into something darker.

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  6. Templeton's furyDecember 4, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    love this. big fan of vamps!

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  7. Carolina LintheadDecember 4, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    I cut my teeth on Stoker, devoured Anne Rice, and will ever adore Joss Whedon for the delicious, deadly Buffy. Can't say I've gone beyond that into the world of Twilight or Sookie Stackhouse.

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  8. Tess KincaidDecember 4, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    I wondered what that dark crusty stuff was on your lips...

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  9. Mary Ann PotterDecember 4, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    A darkly well-written poem. Impressive and Rilke-ish.

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  10. JJ Roa RodriguezDecember 5, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    This different from the ones i already read or this promt... Love it!

    JJRod'z

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  11. HelenDecember 5, 2011 at 9:42 AM

    Oooooooooh, this is wonderful!

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  12. Brian MillerDecember 5, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    oo nice...a little creature of night...did not see that coming with this pic but i like...smiles.

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  13. TrellissimoDecember 7, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    Grazing sums it up well...

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  14. hyperCRYPTICalDecember 8, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    Very impressive - I shall carry a torch - just in case!

    Anna :o]

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