Bela Lugosi and the Question of Love
When fascination has been invited
it walks with you
takes meals with you
it will sit patiently as you flip through the channels on TV
Choice has fled the scene
It’s subtle at first
but you notice that passion has been edged beyond
the anticipation of flesh
of the press
of the push-me-pull-you into
the realms of closeness
Here is where you now want to be inside
closer than any before
to share time, breath, the blood of life
This is where you want to be
but only with consent
Like a black-and-white movie vampire
you must be invited
