Remember That by Linda M. Crate

i let you dine

on the fine wine of my blood

thought perhaps

we could write a better love

story than twilight

which for the record was 

my favorite time

of day

until you slaughtered all the

roses of my youth,

vampire,

can you tell me how many times

the moon must become

dark before it breaks?

i cannot keep count of all the times

you've broken my heart,

but i know this stake

has your name on it and these lips

bronzed with garlic are

calling for your name and headless men

don't speak;

when you challenge a mermaid

she never loses—

remember that.

Linda M. Crate is the author of the Magic Series and has many poems, short stories, reviews, and essays published both online and in print. Her third poetry collection Sing Your Own Song is forthcoming from Barometric Press Series.