back away from the toothfairy
my mother+i had the same dentist during her lifetime we spent
numberless hours in his rooms with views of Tim Hortons + dirty
city sidewalks he a tooth whisperer extraordinaire
he could sell a bicycle to a fish
to quote Gloria Steinem:
a woman needs a man
like a fish needs a bicycle
these days i sit in her lap on the very same chair in her embrace
(the sidewalks now shitstained) ape this is a kaduchas but on you
it looks good! mother was always my greatest fan
un-gentle reader it is i who will lose her teeth guess i needed to be humbled
but lest we forget Icarus flew (me too u envious fuckers) gorgeous mother lost
hers at 19 Paul Newman father a few each year a slow ignoble drip
i hurled the wretched prosthetic on which he regularly gagged down the
garbage shute with such force father came to comfort me from his new
farm in heaven he also threw back his head and laughed
this he rarely did in life it had to be really funny or re: some human conceit
he’s full of shiiiiiit a frequent refrain father flew too a cleated Icarus
handsome don’t ask
but wait aren’t those
sparkling pearly whites
in father’s resurrected head
hope springs eternal !
one day i too will be tooth-ed again
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(..and if the Zaida had balls..he’d be the Bubba..)
Summer 2025 ..practicing non-attachment as i write..
songanddancegirl 