XII (A and B)

XII

(A)

A hundred vampires came from

the side of the students union

and another hundred came from the side

of the now deserted hospital

and another hundred walked slowly down

from the other side of the city
their lips dripping blood

and stopped several hundred metres away from us

to look at us in a joint motion.

‘Oh fuck’ Joe cried out

holding a rifle.

I didn’t know the kid

but he raised a valid point.

(B)

The vampires all paused
on the other side of the students union
their shoulders hunched forward
refusing to dance 
in any kind of march
with each step across the shadows.

They were here to kill.

Plain and simple.

No more hiding in the shadows.

They were here for us
then the City.