Time For A Checkup

[brando]

This tooth is nagging me, and Friday i wanted to extract it myself with a

 

pair of slip joint pliers.

 

Something I had ate, a morsel of food, either breakfast, maybe lunch,

 

burroughed down into the decaying crevice and pecking on a nerve.

 

That crumb of food, compacted, chewed, wedged deep within a once

 

healthy crown of pearly white.

 

It escapes the sweeping of my tongue, harboured from the relentless

 

swirls of salt water and booze,

 

swashing around my gums, over aging teeth, still persisting,

 

producing a sharp piercing ache,

 

pressing the same nerve over and over like some damn doorbell,

 

announicng its unwelcomed arrival.

[Portage]

Wow! Well written. It reminds me of my life. Thought provoking.

[annie24]

nice poem! I have the same problem at times too. I go to the dentist a lot. I am helping him raise money for his 5 kids' colleges funds, lol. remember to floss!

[puff.tm.dragon]

try listerine mouthwash, it loosen a lot of things.

[Boughs]

Very fun and entertaining to read.

[Ellie2006]

Brando, I love how the poem can be doubly read: literally and metaphorically!

Thanks for sharing ...