She stands at the junction of the road,
The moon is clear and bright.
She chooses her quarry carefully,
Her prey must be just right.

She spies a young man walking by,
With a strong and confident gait.
She decides her feast will come from him,
No longer will she wait.

She follows him to a night club,
It vibrates with a pulsing beat.
She gazes across the dance floor,
His gentle eyes and hers meet.

She moves with slow and sensuous steps,
Her walk becomes a tease.

February 6, 2008 (Chicago Tribune) -- Before Barack Obama entered the cutthroat world of politics, it seems he was involved in a whole other kind of blood sport: hunting vampires.

The mercury light of the streetlamp
Tints orange the images of my mind,
Its beam so strong against the night
So feeble against the darkness.

I remember the things which bring me pain;
So fast thoughts which bring joy fade.
Yet with the onslaught of time
More vivid are those of grief and guilt.

Fingers of the past clawing forward
To tighten their grip
On the mind which gave them birth.

Tethers of shame
Shrouding ever thicker
The heart of their gestation.

"No more!"

May 16, 2007 (Yahoo! India News) -- Rocker Marilyn Manson has named himself a 'vampire of love' who loves to prey on young women and craves to 'consume' them. The 38-year-old, who is dating young actress, Evan Rachel Wood, said that he always thought that his association with vampires is very obvious.

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