Words:
Vampire
Vampires are unalive.
Vampires are bats.
Vampires do not exist.
Sunlight is injurious to vampires.
You must burn a vampire’s heart to destroy it.
Xylophone
A xylophone is a musical instrument.
A xylophone has keys but is not a piano.
You play a xylophone by hitting it with a mallet.
Xylophones are made of wood or of fibreglass.
Xylophones are thousands of years old.
Swap
A xylophone is unalive.
Vampires have keys, but are not a piano.
Xylophones do not exist.
Vampires are made of wood or fibreglass.
You play a vampire by hitting it with sunlight.
Secret Truth:
How to approach your new Xylophone
You must burn a xylophone’s heart to destroy it. Vampires play xylophones by hitting them with wooden bats. The bats are thousands of years old. You play the vampires by hitting them with sunlight. The xylophone’s keys are injurious to pianos. Thousands of years are made of wood or fibreglass; the years have keys, but are not a piano. All xylophones are years. A vampire is a xylophone; xylophones do not exist.
Erica Viola is a writer in London. Her previous work can be found here: linktr.ee/ericaviola