Inspiration

Why do I write what I write?

What drives anyone?

Urges? Addictions?

Vampires drive me.
Vampires are addicts
like me,

although my addictions
are not heroin and crack

I am an addict
nonetheless,

I once knew
and cared for a women

who cared for me
but heroin
and fentanyl

ended our relationship

She and I
were two of a kind,

addicts in our own way,
and friends as well.

Every time I watch
a vampire movie
I think of her,

her with her heroin,
and me,
Being with
her—

Now she's gone,
and I'm alive,

And every time
I watch Dracula,
I see her with me,

and I was happy,
then—

Jean Jones has an MFA in Creative Writing Poetry from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He teaches English as a Second Language part-time at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, and is regularly published by Horror Zine and Aphelion Webzine.

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