I don't usually write at midnight, but sometimes I get an idea at three in the morning.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Let Your Dead Blood Run

Out in California
mainline and coke and hash were supposed to be
hamburgers and French fries and strawberry shakes.

Flash!
Pull into a gas station and lure the old guy out.

Out in California
cut your finger.
Strike fast, kachoom! -- Cover it up.

Men wearing bill caps with calloused hands:
What were they doing?
They were supposed to be together.

You had to feel sorry for them out in California.

The Queen of the Damned, pg. 43
by Anne Rice

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