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They said they wanted to take the molars of Those fleeing danger that they had escaped By the skin of Then leave the reward of sanctuary beneath their pillow whilst they slept As if they weren't having trouble enough already With where to rest their weary heads They said the rewards were many And wanted to make completely certain They weren’t being too generous Because giving gifts gives rise to greed So they decided to take the teeth And ensure those safety seekers Knew exactly what being bitten means And those who sought for something more? Those bitten by these charitable actions as much by war Their wounds didn't heal And they found sores on weary feet To find they had grown hungry mouths there too The shoes that ate the distance beneath their step Yielding bite marks as footprints and yet They stored safety as a promise In between records and held up blue plaques aloft That said "I was not born here on this date But I belong here" and I've history and a home to make But for all the shiny pennies that they saved up in a jar The princess dentists could still feel each Generous donation, milky beneath their mattress And each asylum seeker kept them up And we clean teethed few, who always knew to brush For three minutes before bed Lucky by grace of birth, seas and a few miles more Looked at these dentists questioning but they shook their head Warned us of the toothache of their seeming sweetness So tell us about dental hygiene how to floss lies from our gums or else wait for all our teeth to fall out Have them taken from beneath our pillows Where we had gracefully saved them like we were told to Constructed into fortresses Utilized the tooth extraction cotton buds as comforting ear plugs and pulled the wool over our eyes Let’s wait until our retirement Till we realise the Toothfairy wants our bones Not just our molars and we pushed away those who only needed The chance of rest and the chance of somewhere new and safe to show us how to smile So brush your teeth tonight And be thankful you will never know that those who turn away from you Will do so, because your breath Still stinks of all the **** you so readily eat.
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Jun 24, 2017
Jun 24, 2017 at 12:37 PM UTC
storygiver
Toothfairy
They said they wanted to take the molars of Those fleeing danger that they had escaped By the skin of Then leave the reward of sanctuary beneath their pillow whilst they slept As if they weren't having trouble enough already With where to rest their weary heads They said the rewards were many And wanted to make completely certain They weren’t being too generous Because giving gifts gives rise to greed So they decided to take the teeth And ensure those safety seekers Knew exactly what being bitten means And those who sought for something more? Those bitten by these charitable actions as much by war Their wounds didn't heal And they found sores on weary feet To find they had grown hungry mouths there too The shoes that ate the distance beneath their step Yielding bite marks as footprints and yet They stored safety as a promise In between records and held up blue plaques aloft That said "I was not born here on this date But I belong here" and I've history and a home to make But for all the shiny pennies that they saved up in a jar The princess dentists could still feel each Generous donation, milky beneath their mattress And each asylum seeker kept them up And we clean teethed few, who always knew to brush For three minutes before bed Lucky by grace of birth, seas and a few miles more Looked at these dentists questioning but they shook their head Warned us of the toothache of their seeming sweetness So tell us about dental hygiene how to floss lies from our gums or else wait for all our teeth to fall out Have them taken from beneath our pillows Where we had gracefully saved them like we were told to Constructed into fortresses Utilized the tooth extraction cotton buds as comforting ear plugs and pulled the wool over our eyes Let’s wait until our retirement Till we realise the Toothfairy wants our bones Not just our molars and we pushed away those who only needed The chance of rest and the chance of somewhere new and safe to show us how to smile So brush your teeth tonight And be thankful you will never know that those who turn away from you Will do so, because your breath Still stinks of all the **** you so readily eat.
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