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  but if it makes you happy…

  I say stalk away.

  If you like a girl,

  follow her all around town

  and try to smell her.

  People who eat fast

  and call it “wolfing down food,”

  have no idea.

  Raw hamburger meat

  is my new favorite snack.

  Great in cereal.

  Coughing up hairballs

  is more like vomiting hair.

  Cats do it cuter.

  Shape-shifter powers:

  You mind working on my gut,

  or is that too much?

  Blue moon leftovers.

  Months with two full moon cycles

  make me feel pudgy.

  Wearing 118 my wool coat,

  I’m a wolf in sheep’s clothing -

  and fashionable.

  To ease suffering,

  I try to recite poems

  as my body breaks.

  Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”

  was not the best poem choice.

  Moloch! This hurts bad!

  Ever get the urge

  to chase, catch, shake and kill moles?

  I get that now, too.

  Bellybutton lint

  used to just be my shirt fuzz,

  and not as scabby.

  As I fall asleep, I dream of fields filled with cats

  and big steel-toed boots.

  That’s me! I’m famous!

  the murders are on the news,

  dear haiku journal!

  Dear haiku journal,

  Love cowers in the corner,

  trapped as I close in.

  In Rose’s mailbox,

  I left her a love letter.

  Somehow this letter

  made its way to the police,

  who knocked on my door.

  They searched my whole house

  and asked about the scratched walls.

  “I have dog problems.”

  The cops brought me in

  and asked a lot of questions

  about me and Rose.

  I kind of told lies.

  “It wasn’t me who chased her…”

  …but something in me.

  “Tripping down my stairs

  led to missing knee and eye.

  It was a bad fall.”

  “You know puppy love -

  Rose just wants my attention.

  This is how she flirts.”

  They didn’t buy it,

  but without hard evidence,

  the cops let me go.

  They would have had proof

  if they took a stool sample

  instead of just pee.

  As I walked away,

  a policeman said to me,

  “Stay away from Rose.

  “She knows what you are,

  and I think I saw it too,

  last night in the road.

  “I shot at something

  that looked a lot like a wolf

  and a bit like you.

  “I’ve seen the movies

  so I made my own bullets

  with melted silver.

  “I’ll be at her house

  all night while the moon is up,

  looking for trouble.”

  I grinned awkwardly

  as he showed me his bullets

  shining in his hand.

  As I turned to leave,

  I said to the policeman,

  “Give my love to Rose.”

  “I need to get home.

  I have a big dinner planned.

  Eating pig tonight.”

  I left the station

  and made it home just in time.

  The moonrise is soon.

  Tonight is the night

  I will see my Rose again

  and make her my pet.

  To love a woman -

  and force her to be like you -

  is the quest of man.

  Perhaps just one bite

  and she will become like me:

  a werewolf in love.

  Under the moonlight,

  we will both eat together

  a slab of raw cop.

  He will try to run,

  and we will play with our food

  by letting him hope.

  We’ll both tackle him

  into a patch of soft grass

  and have a picnic.

  She will suck a vein

  and I will suck the same vein

  and our lips will meet.

  We’ll bite the wishbone

  and pull from opposite ends,

  him still screaming.

  Once all of the bones

  are licked clean from red to white,

  we hunt for dessert.

  We pant together,

  slowly gaining momentum,

  until we both howl.

  Hearing in my head

  us howling in harmony

  makes my eye water.

  We leap above fog

  and catch a glimpse of the stars,

  fading into dawn.

  As the sun rises,

  we transform back together

  in each other’s arms.

  We then quickly run

  through backyards back to my place,

  and sleep on my couch.

  Tonight is the night

  (unless I’m reading Rose wrong),

  when my dreams come true.

  When the moon is full,

  open up your throat and howl

  and all will feel right.

  The werewolf is near.

  My whole body is shaking,

  or is that my nerves?

  When I get back home,

  I’ll tell you all that happened -

  unless I get killed.

  I will be right back.

  Don’t you worry about me,

  dear haiku journal.

  About the Design

  Werewolf Haiku is designed by

  Lisa Kuhn, owner of Curio Press,

  located in Cincinnati, Ohio.

  Curio Press is devoted to high

  quality book design and packaging.

  For more information, visit: www.curiopress.com

  Image Credits:

  Cover background: Werewolf Image ©Curio Press/Ryan Mecum;

  Rope ©iStockphoto.com/ RTimages; Torn paper ©iStockphoto.com/Andreas Unger

  Interior Background ©iStockphoto.com/Maxim Filipchuk

  pg. ii, Cover Envelope ©iStockphoto.com/Nic Taylor

  pg. 5, 15,19, 23, 26, 31, 33, 38, 51, 53, 55, 58, 65, 69, 72, 80, 85,

  87, 92, 95, 101, 103, 105, 116, 117 ©Curio Press/Ryan Mecum

  pg. 41 Ambulance ©iStockphoto.com/Chris Bernard

  pg. 75 Taxi ©iStockphoto.com/Hal Bergman

  pg. 96 Girl eating steak ©iStockphoto.com/Valentin Casarsa

  pg. 109 police car ©iStockphoto.com/Jason Henthorn

  pg. Cover, 50, 78, 79, Stamps ©iStockphoto.com/Michelle Bennett

  Illustrations ©Curio Press/Lisa Kuhn

  About the Author

  Ryan Mecum has loved werewolves since he was ten years old, when he snuck out of bed in the middle of the night and watched

  Silver Bullet on cable. Werewolf Haiku is the third book of Ryan’s Horror Haiku series:

  He also wrote Zombie Haiku and Vampire Haiku.

  Ryan graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in English Literature. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife and children. You can find more information about him at www.ryanmecum.com.

  Reading these “haiku”

  and loving me anyway:

  This one’s for Missy.

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