#draculasdirge

my heart as to the earth

another round and we shall meet

[This is a found poem made of words located on pages 261 and 266 in the source text.]

memory begins to flirt with me

how conveniently we can dream

[This is a found poem made of words located on page 264 (title) and pages 260, 264, and 265 in the source text.]

any cause for restlessness— a storm you see coming nearer than ever to your heart— was distorted into a story

dreaming and intention were both in their places but devotion only stole through me

[This is a found poem made of words located on pages 64, 78, 79, 91, 93, 96, and 170 in the source text.]

time seemed endless tied to my wrist

and prayer a collar round my throat

I had thought no night can leave a scar which the sunrise cannot pierce

I know better this morning

[This is a found poem made of words located on pages 37 and 38 (title) and pages 89 to 97 in the source text.]

I don’t want to be free I want to walk this cursed land with earthly feet

in all the wide world only God has made a series of accidents most harrowing

[This is a found poem made of words located on pages 57, 64, 65, 172, and 175 in the source text.]

selfishness has purpose a theory proved in a cumulative way

getting injured and slighted did not wring my confidence from me

reticence did not disturb me once

[This is a found poem made of words located on pages 60, 61, 72, 75, and 101 in the source text.]

in turns stronger and softer, some dreams had weight;

silent in the fighting, your wishes unattended were strangers,

reduced from extraordinary state to the dusty nature of a sovereign hand

[This is a found poem made of words located on pages 136, 157, 159, and 161 in the source text.]

do you ever try to read your own face

it is like whispering to one’s self and listening at the same time

[This is a found poem made of words located on pages 59 and 76 in the source text.]