to the tooth - you press past the water heat, the while eater
cord in showerpull, string the words like a necklace, a toothbearer
all things in threes - burdenplate, asterflower, wheeldissent - the bail bond polished
when you come free the mouth, from it until the silence after
Place the string around the childbone, the x-ray showing beds on beds
One end around the doorknob, tight and shut the thing - one quick snap
chip in place, underbite, string of blood after the pull
what you gum can become a solid again drafting though a body
holes in the back, the drug-like sleep after the sutures are resealed
one pull on the straw - the copper flavor floats tongueback and then taking the socket
when opening in front of strangers you can tell the work that’s been done, they open before you - it’s hard to see into the holes
what doesn’t stick, the film, the morning crust, you can be identified
eye teeth, dart soothing, the past now edged by a parent visiting to place cash beneath a pillow
what the coins softness suggests, when you break off the bottle top, crooked right into the edge of the cap
pile of bone left after, pile of cream colored smile