Dentistry
by Steven Horwitz

Infection transmitted
Gumline recedes
Molars get impacted
Invisibly

It takes dental telepathy
To see that cavity
The drill is making contact
So painfully

Eye teeth die
Chewing's getting harder
Teeth fall out
No flouride in the water
A to O
Blood flows it's quite a bother
Oh but how
Do teeth make contact
With one another?

Proctology? Podiatry?
Seems to me it's dentistry

Muzak transmitted
Muzak received
Music in the office
Is grating on me

There's no dental empathy
If you change identity
They will have to extract
Inevitably

One, two, three
Count your new impactions
Crowns and crowns
Multiplied extractions
A to O
Blood flows it's quite a bother
Oh but how
Do teeth make contact
With one another?