Oh how I dread the dental visits I attend.
Since age of 18 I had painful memories.
At 18, 2 baby lower teeth with no adult roots underneath
Were yanked from my prized Ivory grill. craters revealed.
A ceramic cast Invited Itself to this festival
A la metal partial fitting. Ewwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeee!
A nightly tin taste till my womb was child blessed.
Away you ugly partial. Never grace my mouth again.
A few years passed and in horror I began to cry.
My molars In pain....HUH? filled with wisdom, not?
Back to the dentist for him to have his fun.
I lost two entire days of childcare after that.
Glad I lived nextdoor to my mom; fun with grandkids.
Half a decade later I decided It was time for a checkup.
I was prepared for another skeletal fangfest.
The hygienist sloshed, scraped and sucked out the gunk.
The dentist Inspected the X-rays and my food processor.
To my surprise no yanking,No drilling, no canals needed!
Whew! There Is a dental god out there.
Author notes
my dental experiences.ewwwwweeeee.
For a quick thought up freeverse.
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Ahaha, I just commented on a poem today about dentists, and expressed my undeniable hatred of them. They are all of Satan, I'm sure of it. You have some spacing, cap letter and off punctuation issues, but nothing an edit wouldn't work out. This made me shiver... just picture dentists makes me want to gargle with numbing solution. lol Many thanks for entering
