Just something that I started months ago and left alone until Wednesday then added another few lines and finished tonight. The first line came to me and the story was built around it. Again, I never knew where it was going.


Red Wine Interlude

Red was her preference in wine and white her preference in lies.
Leaving the apartment once more, naked of her conscience,
she descends eloquently from the stairs with her diamonds
glistening like the stars in the heavens on this sultry
August night. With each step, her stiletto heels pop on the
wooden steps marking again the exit of the Queen of the night.

Languid in thought but lusty in purpose she stalks the streets
hungry for her prey. Prowling like a lioness, her hidden desires
move her to seek out the nourishment she so desperately needs.
Wanton and yet weary, she travels the road to her resurrection.

"Excuse me sir," is all it takes.

With a turn of his head and the exposure of his neck, she strikes
like the viper she is. Sinking her fangs deep into the 
carotid artery sucking her sustenance and his life's blood,
drinking it down like the deep red wine she adores.
He gasps and then falls slowly to the ground.

"Thank you my love," she whispers through her crimson lips.
" I was so thirsty and you were so ripe."

Kathy Lockhart
6/8/07





Short story by Kathy Lockhart
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Written on 2007-06-09 at 05:21

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Kari
Brilliant! I'm mesmerized.. captured by the Vampire.. I have been turned.. thank you!
2007-06-26


Jessica Rexroat
You were right auntie dear! This is right up my road. It's a perfect little picture. It's a glimpse of bigger story.....I like that you made this vampire appear to be a "society" type, stiletto heels, diamonds...That's where the reveal at the end gets it's suprise factor. I loved it.
2007-06-20


Phyllis J. Rhodes
Oh how I loved reading this and playing the movie in my mind!!! It's awesome, its beautiful, its exciting. You've painted a grand poitrait with this one!!
2007-06-09


penfold18
I have always had a thing about vampires since childhood, not in a ghoulish way more the mystery they create, yours is an excellent version Kathy.
2007-06-09


lastromantichero The PoetBay support member heart!
Katherine you astound me with the sheer skil and the depth of your imagination

her is my throat i hope you are still thirsty

i am just ripe now
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2007-06-09


weirdzarun
How courteous of a stalker of the night. You have such a great imagination and carry your words beautifully, Kathy. Very good piece.
2007-06-09