Vampircopper salta taste, a tang, to roll on the tongueto coat the back of the throat in thick darknessto slip into the soul and taint, stain, poisondamnable am i for my cravingfor this forsaken and taboo greedi am a glutton, a harlot, a wretchdraped in wolf silk and tempting skinwhile i am hideous within for all my guiltmy soul black and rotten, mayhaps gone from my desiremy eyes masked and cold from my sinto live, to die, i can no longer do eitherfor i am not longer of earth and life bornrather of cold steel and deathof papered skin and powdered bones long pastoh! how i do dream of my life, my innocent naivetebut i