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A Lament for a Missing Tooth

Oh tooth forsooth you left me in my youth of your betrayal there is proof It's not so hard to find It's there in the not-there kind (It's not as if I really mind) But your lack of existence is hard to miss And so with a gap A child-like toothless smile I turn to you and haply yap "You should have stayed a while" Oh what fun we would have had Eating and biting things I didn't treat you all that bad Until the accident that I had And out you came Almost gleefully Escaping my gummy prison Far too easily And now I have this plastic fake In the act of consumption It is unable to partake Out of my mouth it I must take. It is not for aesthetic beauty alone But to ensure my gap sticks around And although I do like to moan A better party trick I have not found :P
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Oct 11, 2011
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