|   Vampire killer, kill me.
 Don't see the beauty of caked blood on my mouth.
 Don't recall who I once was, before blackness,
 before salt thirst,
 before red eyes and cloaked fury.
 Kill me even as I don't breathe.
 The wolf is in my breast, silently prowling.
 The bat is in my soul, soundlessly screeching.
 The time of death caresses you to me
 as you want --
 what do you want from me?
 
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   Assassins robed in time,
dip their fingers in deep red wine
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