Entering Dracula's Castle

"My Mama says to get things done, you better not mess with Major Tom-"
"Ashes to Ashes"

There is a feeling that people addicted
may describe as a "high,"
when one gets close to the goal-
a well-stocked bar, a buffet, a naked woman,
an all-you-can-eat buffet, a syringe full of heroin,
several lines of cocaine, a video of people having sex,
regardless of the age, and you get an idea
of what it means to enter Dracula's castle,
opening up your throat expectedly,
hoping to see in his eyes,
your face screaming with terror and delight…

Jean Jones has an MFA in Creative Writing Poetry from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, teaches English as a Second Language part time at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, and has two books, Beyond Good and Evil, and Birds of Djakarta available on Amazon.com.

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