When stirred she howls,
vomiting delirium with
white foam on her pale poison lips.
“Does it matter if you die
if you never have been loved?”
She giggles as she tear the
heads from porcelain dolls.
She’s moonstruck sweet
and sticky with a madness
made from honey, cake and biscuits
bitter as last year’s brassica.
If you reach her wild nest
no rope can tie her down.
She will break you since she craves
a lover’s broken neck
Drusilla from Buffy the vampire slayer
A poem for Marley Raine’s wonderful list. I loved Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Also linking to Tuesday platform at toads
Björn Rudbergs writings 
I think you really captured Drusilla in this poem, Björn with the “delirium,” “pale poison lips,” “sticky with a madness made from honey.” Several of her quirks embedded in there as well. I enjoyed it.
I don’t recognize her. I’ll hunt down some clips; she looks (and sounds) kooky-adorable. 🙂
I love the poem. Lots of fun; I’m so glad you played.
These are my favorites:
“When stirred she howls”
“She giggles as she tear the
heads from porcelain dolls.”
“She’s moonstruck sweet
and sticky with a madness
made from honey”
Great job!
I watched some of the series, but I don’t remember anyone but Buffy and Angel. I may have to start over from the beginning.
Alas, poor Drusilla! Yes, you capture her for sure. And it is indeed a wonderful list – how could you NOT think of her? (I love Buffy too, and still want to be her, possibly even more than I want to be Daenerys Targaryen.)
(Hey, could that be Ian Somerhalder dancing with her in the beginning of the clip? Looks very like!)
Must say I don’t really know…
She was dancing with Spike/William (James Marsters).
I want to be her too! D-girl.
Yikes!
I love the way you used the words, especially the incorporation of the rope and the nest, since they were words i had to leave out of mine.
If you reach her wild nest
no rope can tie her down.
When Kerry says it, I realize she’s having an orgasm. :X
‘She’s moonstruck sweet and sticky with a madness made from honey, cake and biscuits bitter as last year’s brassica’… this is so powerful!
Love the opening line.. when stirred she howls!
Very vivid and the first stanza was so life like.
I asked on Real Toads what a Buffyverse was- now I know. Slurp!
Thanks for introducing me to the wonderful list. Also , this poem was fun read !
yes you certainly made poetry into a howl – love the whole of the third verse especially – turning a sugar sweet girl on her head
You’ve reminded me how much I miss Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bjorn!
And you’ve captured Drusilla’s essence in the lines:
‘She’s moonstruck sweet
and sticky with a madness
made from honey, cake and biscuits
bitter as last year’s brassica’
and
‘She will break you since she craves
a lover’s broken neck’.
So fun that there are so many Buffy-fans here.
Spike is by far my favourite character, closely followed by Rupert Giles – a librarian of sorts!
My favorite is Faith…. bad boy, bad girl you know.
She is so hot. I especially enjoy her in Bring It On — cheer skirt and all.
I always felt sorry for Dru. Well, for the Dru before the madness and the hunger and the delirium. Is it terrible that I wish she finds a broken neck to love? Probably. But I don’t care.
Love this, Bjorn.
Ha.. yes you could feel sorry for her, which I think Angel did when he had a soul….
He certainly did. If she could have only truly love Spike. I sure he would’ve allowed her to break his neck a bit. 😀
Wonderful – loved the plump prose here.
I never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer although I loved the movie. This poem is full of madness and strangeness – a good combination.
This poem is wicked good, though I’m not much of a Buffy guy. Loved the song too.
How much fun! I’ve been thinking of watching this series again… thanks for the reminder. Though I think this poem speaks on its own as well, darkly.
She will break you since she craves
a lover’s broken neck
Reminiscent of the Black Widow spiders apparently
Hank
“She’s moonstruck sweet and sticky with a madness” Oh I love that!
“Sticky with a madness”…..truly messy in a wonderful way!!
Ooh, I love the images in this. Never saw the show or movie, but this is very vivid.
I used to watch and love that show!!! Perfect.