Vampire Bat Poem by Charl JF Cilliers

Vampire Bat



It falls from its high perch
like rotten fruit, flopping
into a lurch
of sudden flight

then dropping

to squat on skin.
Exposed by the pig-snout grin
the tiny hypodermic teeth sink in,
and as its liquid meal anticoagulates
it clings like a limpet and sucks and salivates.

Thursday, October 15, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: nature
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Charl JF Cilliers

Charl JF Cilliers

Cape Town, South Africa
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