Monster Mash 2014

Morning After Promises

Morning After Promises

Dracula woke up, head in his hands,
and couldn't believe his throbbing headache.
His head felt entrapped in rusty steel bands
as though, any minute, it just might break.
He removed his dentures. He just couldn't take
the taste of the Muddled Rebuttal blood
slurped by the woman who his thirst did slake
as he pretended to be a big stud.
“From now on all drinkers I will forsake.
No pun is meant; my esteem is at stake.”



An entry for: "Invalid Item" 
MONSTER: Dracula
COCKTAIL: Muddled Rebuttal
REQUIRED WORDS: Dentures, Slurp
REQUIRED POETRY FORM: Decuain ~ The Decuain (pronounced deck•won), created by Shelley A. Cephas, is a short poem made up of 10 lines, which can be written on any subject. There are 10 syllables per line and the poem is written in iambic pentameter. Rhyme: ababbcbcbb