Where are the vampires?
The stage coach rushed on through the night.
The coach driver’s face was white with fright.
The passengers bounced around like ping pong balls.
Their heads kept banging into the walls.
The night was cold with thick mist everywhere.
The coach driver couldn’t see but, he could swear.
The black horses were lathered as they rushed on.
Their eyes big and white, wanting to be gone.
Inside the coach, VanHusing sat, as they flee.
Also, a woman, who was Dracula’s bride to be.
VanHusing stole her away to save her from him.
VanHusing was a vampire slayer, Dracula’s next of kin.
He knew one day he would face his cousin.
It would be a battle to destroy this blood sin.
He remembered when Dracula fell under the curse.
He avoided the same fate by escaping first.
He spent years studying how to slay vampires.
He read every book while sitting by a campfire.
He stayed on the move, knowing they were looking for him.
One day, he knew, he would put an end to this sin.
He heard the screech of a bat in the air.
He knew that Dracula would soon be there.
The horses spooked and overturned the coach.
They then ran off dragging their hitching post.
The woman had been knocked out.
VanHusing grabbed his wooden stake with a shout.
He then lay still closely listening for any sound.
It wasn’t long before Dracula came around.
He opened the door of the coach.
Looked at the two passengers & began to boast.
“Cousin, you can never defeat me.”
“I am immortal, as you will see.”
Dracula leaned over to pick up the girl.
VanHusing drove the stake into his back in a whirl .
Dracula screamed just before he turned to dust.
The stake piercing his heart before coming out his bust.
VanHusing collapsed in relief. He had saved the girl.
He knew others would be after him. He felt ill.
Yet, he would fight them all and win.
He would put an end to this vampire sin.
This is how the story is told to this day.
Did VanHusing have ‘super powers’ to help along the way?
There is still talk that VanHusing is still alive.
He still is killing vampires before they can thrive.
Is this why we never see a vampire today?
I guess the answer is not for us to say.——-R. W. Johnson—–(2014)