Nocturnal Consummation

looping wingspan
swooping down
blotting streetlamp
worming
as earthward bound
retrograde inkyoubuy
stick to ball and balance
cloak and tophat
prowling of cat
unruly ruling
as morose moth
menacing amongst them

…..mysterious metafusion
as London fog
rappelling descent
stalking the pathways
filling pronged gaps
of malcontent
penny for a beggar
stovepipes aloft
 - sweet ladies passing
social and economic
independence everywhere
unperturbed by the nefarious
undead unawares
unabated necronomicon
crucible of beast
unearthly taxonomy
standing stealthily nearby

lurking in the corners
waiting
to inspect expectant
spectating whore,
between the Bobbys
doing their rounds:

“dear Miss Polly
pleased to make your acquaintance
let me touch you
with the staff of life
and insert my free coin
to slot of slut
be u 8 inches richer
blessed by
incubation Incubii
soon I must leave you
now Ive marked you
and make way
for that rogue of the
cobblestoned streets
this halfhour have unleashed
White ghost
from that Chapel
diabolical quintessential
quimm consumer
of canonical quincunts
uncanonised rights
ravenous Ripper of dress
executor of degrees
master elocutioner
quartering
meticulous anatomist
that knows what to do with you best”

timepiece warns
and it obeys
abandoning the quarry
now cloak to wings shift
away
upward to sky it lifts
for glorious lascivious prey
this halfmoon evening
of August 1888......
.................................it doth bring