The Vampire

Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 301, 6 December 1922, Page 6

The Vampire

- _ 3 , -jsr — » "sr : I AM THE 'VAMPIRE.. I suck the bleod of millions I am old — . ; Hideously old—And nauseously ugly. 1 am a festering excrescence On the fair body of progress. No bowels of. compassion are in mc. Millions pay tribute to me— ~- : .1 grind the faces of the poor— "; .I---cripple the strong, ■■■-■■-'■■■.. And prey upon the weak. They hate mc with a blind, unreasoning hatred — I glory in it! . In the foul recesses of my charnel house abode 1 squat— Among the scattered bones of blighted hopes, And leer viciously. At my furiously unwilling devotees. I am as unrelenting as time! .-i And as inevitable as fate! ' - I sap ambition. ~~^~ I destroy souls. I wreck the frail barque of happiness, The tortured breath of desperate, driven men is incense to mc. The cries of white-faced, struggling women are ;sweetest music. I AM.A GHOUL! Gorged, but unsurfeited —• With incessant sacrifice. The unhealthy sweat beads glisten On my flaccid flesh. I AM THE VAMPIRE! I inspire greed— Avarice—and cruelty. I suck the blood of millions.^ I am*RENT! —"RickarcVs Review." Sydney.