8. Night in

A cold caller at vamping clinics,
their infrared alarms are blind
to you. You plunder, vanish.
It’s back-up for the nights in.
Drunken packs baying outside,
the children of the night can wait
till tomorrow. You do not know
if you are happiest when alone but
lingering in your flat, a glass
of red in hand, you feel human
or something very like it. On
your fridge door a heart sticker:
Blood Donors Are Good For Life.

@ianjmclachlan