Mesmerized

 

 

Surreptitious, seductive, queer ability to hypnotize

Even the most steadfast of women...waits patiently,

Makes love to the inner core of darkness

 

Personifies the being for whom he was destined

Beyond his control, he is true to self

Involuntarily, he devours me

 

'Knock, knock' I am compelled to answer ~ invited guest

Grant complete submission to his insatiable hunger

Cunning strength ~ latent, I succumb to his gentility

 

I am his chosen lover on eternal journey destined

My submission becomes the initiation

Prepare for volatile existence

 

Manner of envelopment, garment...smooth...plush,

Pulsations from centuries of expertise,

Waltz from too much wine...deep red, thick...unusual

 

All visibility was lost in the storm....blind woman

Walks among the dead...glass houses shatter

We don't always get what we come for

 

No sweet repose as Lucinda, no eternal bliss,

Death conquered, youth attained... expensive a price

So now what?

 

Reversal...not a contingency plan for a gallant warrior.

 

 

Author's Note

It's that time of year, folks :-) I have never seen 'Twilight', so I wasn't aware the graphic was of him until Pax told me. I just thought he was a hot- looking vampire. Thanks Pax :-)

Reviews

[Pax Analog]

The lines are quite eloquent, and one gradually realizes it's a vampire scenario -- w/the Twilight guy's image underlining that.

I have nothin' against the young actor Pattinson, but for me, that image cheapens your poem a little. Perhaps because I tend to think of any good poem as spiritually and aesthetically superior to slick movie cheese. Twilight is a good title, but unimportant fiction or film. If you want truly POETIC vampire references in cinema, look to the twin black and white art films from 'round '94, Nadja, and The Addiction. Nadja is particularly satisfying as cinematic poetry, as it musters major mood visuals and a completely different take on the bloodletting trope. The Addiction features a gritty Christopher Walken as instructive vampire, referencing Beat literature.

http://www.beezone.com/AdiDa/the_taboo_against_the_supe.html -- this link is the most profound material I've ever read about the vampire myth, and the charisma of Dracula in particular.

I suppose you are referencing Twilight directly too? I find myself wanting to take back the title, mix it with Nadja and The Addiction, sideline Pattinson till he's 35-45 and ready to be an immortal MAN instead of a pretty boy, and generally take back the inherently awesome occult core from kids riding the wave of slick cinematography and special effects.

Actually, as elegant as your poem is, there is a gauzy gloss in it too. The template of the vampire seducer is not merely blood candy. It is terror-joy. What's missing from this entire take is real intensity and understanding of the poetics of the occult Superior Man. This is a figure at the threshold of life and death. He's not Pattinson, Tom Cruise, or even Billy Idol. Lugosi had a dash of the strangeness, but was not truly frightening or erotic. This is actually a difficult figure to get a true handle on, the charismatic male vampire. Parodies have abounded. I'm riffling through my memory, asking myself if there has EVER been a sufficiently magisterial figure. Christopher Lee had some of the gravitas. I don't mind the idea of uncanny beauty, but admittedly I find kid stars a bit annoying. I found kids annoying even when I was a kid. ;-) This is a powerfully sexy dangerous awesome MANLY beautiful immortal 40-yr.-old in my mind.

You've really opened an interesting inquiry for me. I can only find collage bits for who I think the King of Vampires is. Even a bit of myself, as I played Dracula once, and have a much more profound mind than even arty vampire flicks express. That's why I gave you the Adi Da link. He was a Scorpio avatar. One of these make a woman cum AND know God by looking at her types. If you can call that a type. And I don't mean because she's projecting, either. Inherent profundity beyond the common understanding of life and death.

"No sweet repose as Lucinda, no eternal bliss,/Death conquered, youth attained... expensive a price/So now what?"

That's just it. The vampire myth masks an occult process of immortality that IS eternal bliss. It's not about glamorized ego-meat. How could a being POSSIBLY conquer Death and remain banal?

The Superior Man would annihilate every glossy Hollywood joke ever perpetrated in his name w/a single glance of thunder and lightning. OK, that's a special effect. Hollywood DOES try to get some of the surfaces right. What's missing is ANY understanding of higher yogic processes that would make immortality a natural attainment, not even desired, but a by-product of the exploration of Consciousness Itself to the ultimate degree.

See what you started with your elegant choco-cherry rumination? ;-)

[These Haunted Hallways]

Haha, this was excellent! U've described him well in the movie. Fantastic! I especially loved the lines: "I am his chosen lover on eternal journey destined; my submission becomes the initiation; prepare for volatile existence." Those were very powerfully spoken lines. Really great job with this!

B.A.

[Kena Dawn Augustine]

oh yeah! he's a hot looking vampire. and drips with passion and seductin. his eyes bore into your soul. i think he's a nice looking specimen. i didn' tknow you were writing about him until i saw the picture. great job. i love all your words, and they def painted a picture of this vampire that all the women crave.

great job. haven't talked in a while. send me a line or two.
kena

[SM Davis]

I wouldn't have realized it was a vampire write until I saw the picture. I haven't seen the movie either. Interesting write.