The Transylvanian Lineman
The Transylvanian Lineman "Don’t drink too deep in Transylvanian taverns." – Jack Kerouac, Nosferatu i. Nosferatu was the man who vamped. Who was like a hard hissing burden. cast as he was part man, part mythos ranging from rake to maiden with the shadowy purpose to cloud-up the minds of man and time Noseferatu keeping five counted steps between the haloed souls in the COVID card line. He runs silent a sharp-eared visage Causing giggles and shrieks in the Harvard film archives Noseferatu Looks like a mad Shemp In a mad man dance down the street. ii. With the sunrise I pick up the empties and toss the joint stubs of someone's nocturnal imbibe the light of the morning drives ‘way the animal Kinski and I feed the birds and pray they bless our day Offering a wife’s crumbly cake and marking A world in a tangle, pursued by an infinite lance and a very old man's problems. - Jack Vaughan Aug 2023 Pat Methe...