Ol' higue is a poem written in first person in the form of a dramatic monolgue. An ol'higue, one of the many jumbees in Guyanese folklore, is an old blood sucking hag and in some versions prefer the blood of babies or young children. The poem talks about the ol' higue who is frustrated that she has always given into the temptation of drinking blood, and is irritated by the means she has to do it but still she does it, in order to survive.