Shady Rest Motel

no tans for me this year
adventures in the light
will take a backseat with the sun
I only stalk at night

vampire proud
lay low all day
in darkness' cool caress
the heat and sun do both conspire
to feed upon my flesh

I can not grasp
in memory's past
how it was ever fun
to squint and sweat and lay all day
a minion of the sun