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It was a sore molar that was giving me trouble, on the bottom right. The dentist, about whose adulterous affairs everybody in the neighborhood knew and whispered about, ts-ts-ts'ed me and murmured "decay" before pulling out the drill.
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12000
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This ounce of glistening flesh
protrudes like an inmate grasping
past the bars.
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2052143
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You should really see my father's bunions. They are as obnoxious as fuchsia bowling bowls.
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1432134
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I was desperate for a social life but I couldn’t go out because I was too embarrassed to smile.
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108531
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There was a hole in my tooth. It wouldn't let anything go.
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100011
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All I ask is that the guy has teeth and an income. More important are the teeth because he can always get a job, but he can’t un-rot the teeth he’s lost to meth.
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1645128
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his perfect ivory
voice telling me
i brush too hard.
…as if he cared
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6820
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Hollow right like stars alight we sing to open space of astral things,
There once, the goat played, ate, was lively, had ownership
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102300
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some are cameras, some are daggers, some are sauces pans, others are swords, and some will run off and others will burn a hole into the spot which they land.
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184133
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What if your teeth fell
like so many rain drops
gathered in a river
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90011
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As clever as clean bed sheets
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102200
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The teeth I want must hold significance. Like the quote, “it’s not the destination that matters, it’s the journey,” for me, it’s the connection that I’ve had with someone and the story behind the lost tooth that interests me.
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110633
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I reach out and grab a can of soup with each hand and spin them around to dive into this much-heralded sodium situation. It's a landslide. I almost smile as I put low sodium back and continue to hold tightly onto regular.
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8781612
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Don't mistake my eyes for supplication.
My invisibility is your nightmare.
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