A black and white photo of trees in sunlight with damage to the negative

transparencies and trees

pulse through the crypt

a face awake

to see the sky

in reverse

gently 

she is not a contradiction

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vampires see with fluorescence 

their motion is like film,

like flight

la captive no more you

release the full throttle of

voice

and reverse fairytale

deaths

in the closet there

is ghostly love

and madness is another form

of still-alive

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overcome by hunger,

slipping out of sight

they are often in pain

they are no angel

animal

words are their vice 

the vampire’s desire is a

cut in the fabric of

this world 

and the body needs shifting

to love

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the undone energy of 

vampiric work

irrecuperable

under the radar

they make 

love songs

on the beach

their pornofilms 

still hover in the sky 

above the island 

where they fought with cameras

in hand

and delicious disguise

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