In 1821 the suicide
Of John Polidori was not big news
Yet he was the first in English to write
Of vampires, one long June night on the Swiss
Shores of Lake Geneva with Percy Bysshe
Shelley, Lord Byron (whose doctor he was)
Mary Shelley and Claire Clairmont, who wished
To be Byron's love, but became the cause
Of his hate. In 1816, all those
Named read horror stories, then spent the night
Writing their own versions, which still amuse
Americans (and others), make dollars
Especially from the teen market. The side
Of Lake Geneva, soon meant for my eyes
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