The buzz from my electric toothbrush mocks me<\/p>\n
Ten years without the dentist<\/p>\n
Seeing the world through yellow-tinted teeth<\/p>\n
Peering through the gap between my two front chompers<\/p>\n
The chip I created when I was younger and chewing on a butter knife<\/p>\n
Clink<\/p>\n
Clink<\/p>\n
The tongue scraper like sandpaper<\/p>\n
Both fascinating and horrific<\/p>\n
Tongue-tied mumbling disapproval<\/p>\n
White speckled flesh folding together<\/p>\n
The lid of my mouthwash looks like a traffic cone<\/p>\n
Alerting me to my own self-destruction<\/p>\n
“Remember all those cigarettes you smoked in high school?”<\/p>\n
I try not to drown as I gargle<\/p>\n
30 seconds<\/p>\n
If the conditions permit I don’t mind them<\/p>\n
But under the truest of light, I see fractures and fragments<\/p>\n
Dreams of gummy smiles and corn hues<\/p>\n
Wait five minutes before eating, drinking<\/p>\n
Two back molars are dying<\/p>\n
My smartest teeth tear at the fleshy insides of my cheeks<\/p>\n
Icy induced stabbing, in and out, in and out<\/p>\n
Climbing into my cavities<\/p>\n
It’s dark in here<\/p>\n
Floss?<\/p>\n
Who?<\/p>\n
Rest.<\/p>\n
The buzz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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