deep mud
on the woodland path
dogshit
© Rachel Green March 2024
Mother
made me brush my teeth
morning and night without fail
but after she died,
dental phobia overtook me
(hardly surprising in 1970's Britain
where dental pain was mandatory
for all NHS patients)
and now I'm at that age
where half my teeth are gone
and I laud the use of a sonic toothbrush.
My ultimate advice to my younger self
would be to brush more thoroughly,
invent the electric toothbrush,
and get puberty blockers
because the anti-woke right wing
have made them illegal again.
© Rachel Green March 2024
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