when puppies weep
while all else is asleep
and i lie awake
i wonder
what you are running away from

your entire life spent with us
never exposed to the terrors of the world

if your dreams are projections of what you know
what demons do your legs scamper away from
while your body stays still.
is it us.

Ridding our teeth of last nights, now rotting food.
Ingesting toxic pastes to put on a facade of pearly whites.
Pretending not to judge myself too harshly for the haggis I still taste
always stuck between #4 and #3
I forgot.
Momentarily.
How.
To brush my teeth.