*That minty sweet stuff
You polish and clean
Eradicate decay
With compounds of fluorine
Like toothpaste
You're a necessity
Each morning and night
You're so very important
For that toothy grin, wide and bright
Like toothpaste
You're squeezed tight
Swabbed and scrapped about
Against yellow enamel
Determined to white it out
Like toothpaste
You're medicine
More for an aesthetic cause
Caught between a hard place
And a locked jaw
Like toothpaste
One day, you're all but gone
And just like toothpaste
You wake to find
You have been replaced*
Jan 27, 2018
Jan 27, 2018 at 8:32 AM UTC
*That minty sweet stuff
You polish and clean
Eradicate decay
With compounds of fluorine
Like toothpaste
You're a necessity
Each morning and night
You're so very important
For that toothy grin, wide and bright
Like toothpaste
You're squeezed tight
Swabbed and scrapped about
Against yellow enamel
Determined to white it out
Like toothpaste
You're medicine
More for an aesthetic cause
Caught between a hard place
And a locked jaw
Like toothpaste
One day, you're all but gone
And just like toothpaste
You wake to find
You have been replaced*
Who knew dental hygiene was such a good metaphor for reflection on my past stupidity.