MY DARLING VAMPIRE: Ode to a Termagant Ogre Of all of the vampires I have known, Vanessa was by far the most alluring. She bit into matters softly, with utmost discretion – yet when initiative was called for, she moved faster than an eyeblink. Vanessa had a capacity to see through everything, getting down to each issue decisively, yet delicately. She knew precisely what people desired & could fulfill their dreams – if they paid the price. She easily fanned the flames of passion in mere mortals, looking at them with a curious mixture of compassion and scorn. "Poor humans!" she used to say, "They can never quite control themselves – or recognize what is controlling them." Too bad this fine being came to an early demise at the hands of a necromancer: a zealot with a flare of showmanship whose love of profit was surpassed only by his lust. Alas, the graveyards shall see her exquisite form no more and the libraries of Transylvania will seem a bit more vacant. However, each time I touch my neck or feel a curious thirst for immortality I shall remember her fangs. Chris: So is it fair to compare humans to vampires? Cantara: I do not know whether it is fair or not, but in some ways it seems like a valid metaphor. Miok: (sniffing) I have certainly met some people who seemed like "psychic vampires". Tim : (matter-of-factly) Donald Trump was a psychic vampire, and he was seldom fair. Miok : (sniffing) Indeed the world is filled with "psychic vampires" who crave for attention and find no peace. Tim: (raising an eyebrow) Well, it takes more than a silver bullet for most people to find lasting serenity. ===================================================================================== from Heart Scenes: Emotional Landscapes via Art, Poetry, & Prose by T Newfields Summary: Some contrasting thoughts about about an alluring vamp. Keywords: vampire attraction, eulogy for a vampire, tribute to a dead vampire, vampiric encomium, panegyric for a blood-sucker, bouqet for a deceased vampire Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 2010 in Tokyo, Japan ☆ Finished: 2023 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/HeartScenes/maybelle.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/HeartScenes/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/HeartScenes/goodfriends.htm