A Pocketful of Poesy was and is again a Poem-a-Day(-on-Average) Blog! For 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and now for 2017 and going forward, you may expect to see 365 poems every year, 366 for leap years.

but aren't they all random?

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

no cavities, ma

My mouth pulled apart by contraptions.
my breath smells like blood
and the hard suction hose
pinching
the exquisite metal hook
adapted for the purpose
from an ancient implement wielded
to far less therapeutic effect
during the grand days of the Inquisition
now,
used deftly with care
by a caring, caring hand
flushed blood
with water
and a needle,
and cotton
and something -
what is that thing, could you wait
and tell me what that is before you
PUT IT IN MY MOUTH?

ah me
my cell vibrating
or is it my whole body?
either way

I can't talk right now

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