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I Think My Friend Matt is a Vampire
Do you know that whenever I see you, it’s at night?
I’m beginning to think that you’re a vampire
Locked away in your Brooklyn studio w/ the windows
Painted black, towels stuffed at the slit of the door
To keep out rays of New York sunlight.
You fit the bill somewhat, wearing black
Every time I see you. You must be one of them
Contemporary bloodsuckers that has traded in a cape
For a leather jacket. Are you sure you ain’t
From Transylvania?
A descendant of Nosferatu?
I have known you for four months
& you have made no attempts to bite me on the neck.
But you do shy away from my occasional
Garlic breath. Open your mouth; I want to see your fangs.
You gotta be the first creature of the night that I know
that drinks Budweiser instead of blood.
Instead of feeding off helpless, distressed
Virgins, you eat smothered pork chops.
What kind of vampire eats smothered pork chops?
I have only seen you in human form. I want to see you
Turn into a bat or a wolf or something; a body of smoke.
You don’t have the hands of a vampire.
You’ve got blue-collar palms & nubby fingernails instead of nails as sharp as carpet cutter blades.
Now that I think about it,
the last time I was in your apartment,
I thought I saw a coffin.
So why haven’t you bitten me?
What, I’m not good enough for you, is that it?
Come on man, bite me, make me, suck me dry. I’m tired of being human.
It’s so boring. I don’t mind drinking blood.
It beats Living off Ramon Noodles & breadless bologna.
I want to live forever, Matt.
Here’s my home, business & cell phone number.
Give me a call when you have decided that I’m worth the gift of immortality.
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