i need a fucking breath mint

i am a runaway i forgot to bring my toothbrush i left my mother because i had to leave my father i left my sisters because i had to leave my brothers i don't use toothpaste because of fluoride i deserted my sorrows, so i could grow new ones i let them plant seeds became tumbling little weeds i forgot to floss but they were mine and so were you and you and you until you weren't menthol makes me nauseous i still curse your name when there is no one around i can still taste your stale lies rising like sewage lodging between the cracks in my teeth my jaw grinds in my sleep some people claim halitosis is not a real condition those people don't know what it's like to be left alone, with a belly full of acid, tobacco on your tongue, and a mouthful of anger

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