Aphelion Issue 301, Volume 28
December 2024 / January 2025
 
Editorial    
Long Fiction and Serials
Short Stories
Flash Fiction
Poetry
Features
Series
Archives
Submission Guidelines
Contact Us
Forum
Flash Writing Challenge
Forum
Dan's Promo Page
   

Watching Dracula With Philip Glass

by Jean Jones


Watching Dracula
With Philip Glass
Playing in the background,
It dawns on me
As Bela Lugosi
Walks through London
To dispatch a young
Flower seller,
That Dracula
Is a serial killer
With a sexual appetite
For women—
We watch amused
Because like bemused
Spectators we are fascinated,
Or we want to be like him,
As if we were watching
The Silence of the Lambs
Watching Hannibal Lector
For the first time—


© 2022 Jean Jones

Jean Jones graduated
With an MFA in Creative Writing
In poetry and has been
Published online in Aphelion Webzine
And Medusas Kitchen

Find more by Jean Jones in the Author Index.