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Vampire Sestina

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I wait here at the boundaries of dream,

all shadow-wrapped. The dark air tastes of night,

so cold and crisp, and I wait for my love.

The moon has bleached the colour from her stone.

She’ll come, and then we’ll stalk this pretty world

alive to darkness and the tang of blood.

It is a lonely game, the quest for blood,

but still, a body’s got the right to dream

and I’d not give it up for all the world.

The moon has leeched the darkness from the night.

I stand in shadows, staring at her stone:

Undead, my lover…O, undead my love?

I dreamt you while I slept today and love

meant more to me than life—meant more than blood.

The sunlight sought me, deep beneath my stone,

more dead than any corpse but still a-dream

until I woke as vapor into night

and sunset forced me out into the world.

For many centuries I’ve walked the world

dispensing something that resembled love—

a stolen kiss, then back into the night

contented by the life and by the blood.

And come the morning I was just a dream,

cold body chilling underneath a stone.

I said I would not hurt you. Am I stone

to leave you prey to time and to the world?

I offered you a truth beyond your dreams

while all you had to offer was your love.

I told you not to worry and that blood

tastes sweeter on the wing and late at night.

Sometimes my lovers rise to walk the night…

Sometimes they lie, cold corpse beneath a stone,

and never know the joys of bed and blood,

of walking through the shadows of the world;

instead they rot to maggots. O my love

they whispered you had risen, in my dream.

I’ve waited by your stone for half the night

but you won’t leave your dream to hunt for blood.

Good night, my love. I offered you the world.

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fletcher offline Verified User (2 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
AU | 1 year, 8 months ago (2 minutes after post)

Hmm wow, this interesting o.o I don’t find many things interesting. Well done :0

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (3 minutes after post)

Beautifully written!

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Pretoria, 06, ZA | 1 year, 8 months ago (4 minutes after post)

Wow you are famous. May I ask you how exactly a person goes about getting their work published? Is it really a difficult process? Please take the time to reply to this question. Thank you

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Neil Gaiman offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
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BurntUmber wrote:
Wow you are famous. May I ask you how exactly a person goes about getting their work published? Is it really a difficult process? Please take the time to reply to this question. Thank you

It is a difficult process, full of rejection and trial. If you are persistent, you must be so with not only getting your work published; but also in perfection.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (7 minutes after post)

Ahhh. I remember when i was once inlove with Vampire Lestat. These same words he said to me every night when he used to appear in my room.

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (10 minutes after post)

Ooooh lilies, I never knew you where such a naughty girl hanging out with the vamps! ;)

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (11 minutes after post)

LOL hahaha! i knew you’d say that. *giggles but seriously i knew he was there.

Toink. i sound creepy.

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (13 minutes after post)

This writer makes vampires sound sexy! Lilies does you vampire lover have any friends?

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (14 minutes after post)

Hmmm…. Neil, i don’t want to hi jack your post. but this is extremely imprtant.

But maxi, :) yes, his name is Bernard. He used to wait for Lestat by the garden outside my room.

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fletcher offline Verified User (2 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
AU | 1 year, 8 months ago (16 minutes after post)

Maximina wrote:
This writer makes vampires sound sexy! Lilies does you vampire lover have any friends?

Vampires ARE smexy >.O

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (19 minutes after post)

Lilies, I think fletcher want you to fix her up to!

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (28 minutes after post)

hmmm… If i remember it right..Bernard and Lestat had friends.

I could not remember all their names. One was Vernon.

He’s young and his father was a fireman. In New Orleans.

Don’t worry fletch, your prince charming is coming soon.

You, me and Maxi,

We’d have the best kiss in our lives.

I promise.

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Pretoria, 06, ZA | 1 year, 8 months ago (30 minutes after post)

I agree with all of you, nothing more alluring than the lives of the night creatures. Beautiful and full of soul and depth.
Thank you very much for the reply Neil. I believe it must be very difficult “making it”, however I think that the majority of us all have that desire to write a book. we are just not all as good at putting words together like you are.

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fletcher offline Verified User (2 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
AU | 1 year, 8 months ago (35 minutes after post)

>.< You tease me Lily

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (35 minutes after post)

True. Good luck Neil! i do wish i can write as good as you. :)

Welcome to help.com :)

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (40 minutes after post)

Neil you are a very talented writer!And yes we are a little crazy, but lovable! Fletcher Lilies is not teasing you!

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (6 hours, 48 minutes after post)

neil, you obviously don’t need this small corner of humanity for marketing purposes. but i see four posts from you and only two replies, both related to your own posts. might i suggest that you stick around and use your considerable talent to help a bit?

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (6 hours, 49 minutes after post)

..if in fact it is you posting, and not some intern who works on your site.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (16 hours, 23 minutes after post)

Neil? On Help? Nah.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (16 hours, 24 minutes after post)

~lilies~ wrote:
I do wish I can write as well as you.

Fixed.

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Moogan offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
Vancouver, BC, CA | 1 year, 8 months ago (17 hours, 39 minutes after post)

Oh thank goodness, I thought I was the only one obsessed with vampires! My current favourite vamp: Edward Cullen ;)

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (21 hours, 57 minutes after post)

Moogan wrote:
Oh thank goodness, I thought I was the only one obsessed with vampires! My current favourite vamp: Edward Cullen ;)

OMG, now there’s more than three of us! :D

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Vancouver, BC, CA | 1 year, 8 months ago (1 day, 11 hours after post)

~lilies~ wrote:
OMG, now there’s more than three of us! :D

*LOL* Oh, I bet theres probably more…they just haven’t “come out” yet! :D

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Monroe, WI, US | 1 year, 7 months ago (2 weeks, 1 day after post)

An anonymous vampire passes through my dreams everynight… but only for a minute,
she’s stunning! but totally silent…
i wonder what that would mean in a dream interpretation..

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Moogan wrote:

~lilies~ wrote:
OMG, now there’s more than three of us! :D

*LOL* Oh, I bet theres probably more…they just haven’t “come out” yet! :D

You should start a post to see who is a secret vampire lover!
Haley it sounds like a peaceful dream. Maybe she is there to protect and to let you know you are safe.

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Monroe, WI, US | 1 year, 7 months ago (2 weeks, 3 days after post)

You should start a post to see who is a secret vampire lover!
Haley it sounds like a peaceful dream. Maybe she is there to protect and to let you know you are safe.[/quote]

that’s a good thought….
i’m not sure about that though, you never know….
my friend is into dream interpretation…
maybe i should ask her about it.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (2 months, 3 weeks after post)

that is the coolest poem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

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