Instruction book

 

There is no instruction book.

One minute you are Mr ordinary,

ambling through your day without a care,

the next minute your whole world is shook

and you have a newly acquired thirst for blood.

No-one gives advice,

there isn't a phone line one can call,

or if there is it's only available in office hours,

when my beauty sleep falls.

 

It's hard being a vampire,

especially when learning the ropes.

How are you supposed to cope?

With the pain of fangs ripping gums,

without a dental plan or medication,

and these things take a long time to learn.

First few times I bit my tongue,

you don't instantly know

how to make them grow,

It's an instinct

but it takes time to show.

 

You see there isn't a self-help guide

on dealing with your blood sucking side.

It's all trial and error.

I was walking the other night

and I stumbled on a cracked paving slab.

(Remind me to write a letter to the council please)

Before I knew it I was falling to my knees.

I put my arms out to catch me,

only not arms do I see.

but wings.

I'd become a bat

of all bloody things.

Now this is not a complaint,

I just wish I'd known in advance,

I'd spent a lot of money on taxis,

when I could have just flown the distance.

 

You see, there isn't an instruction book

or a YouTube guide, no website to scroll

or a man I can hire.

So now I'm stuck in this form,

just flapping my wings

because I have no idea

how to reverse things.

No one told me,

how to become a bat, 

it just happened by chance

and now 

I can't seem to turn back.

 

 

 

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