Banshee’s Lesson

Her lover he bade her to scream,
While making fierce love in a dream;
Long scything teeth gleam,
A blood-curdling scream—
A Banshee; she now learns to dream.
A dark gothic cartoon illustration of an unmistakably adult male vampire standing behind an unmistakably adult woman and biting gently at the side of her neck in a supernatural, non-graphic way. The woman is partially transparent like a ghost, hovering just above the ground, with her mouth open in a dramatic supernatural wail. Eerie moonlit atmosphere, flowing garments, expressive faces, no blood or gore, stylized Victorian gothic composition.

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