right hand pointing

 

     
  andrea k. bennett

Toothache Poems

 

 
i.
lip suck,
ahhh. most of me
needs to be excised, slow
down. bad thoughts.
let this go, fire
hazard, mister
immolate. maybe some
of me has become a
cavity. sizzle. self
revision.

ii.
strange people arrive
on the night wind, wanting
the bathroom. weary, i am
weary when she mentions
my roommate, “a man,” and
so i brush my
teeth, waiting
in the kitchen.

iii.
¾ surf. fill, i’ve
become familiar with the
terms of dentists. my
biscuspids lock you
in target.

 

 

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