VAMPIRE

We went downhill through the park

and sat under a wall

across from some ruin of a building.

Just getting dark. In the sky

a pale moon. I said,

All we need now is for a vampire

to appear on that terrace and yell.

But he’s not an actor

to entertain the idle.

He comes up to them

where they least expect him and want him.

In fact, he may be that very man

hurrying away

with an umbrella in hand.