Take a Tooth

Take a tooth
any tooth

There, that one will do
the one in your face
Take that one
Go on –get the pliers
Don’t be such a baby

There, there, that’s it

Eeeeease it out

Very nice
That wasn't so hard, was it?
Don’t mind the blood
just wipe it off on your shirt

Yes, very good

Now look at it
Look deep into it
all white, hard and glistening
still a bit warm
Pay attention now
(soon that will stop oozing -you won't miss it one bit)
What does it remind you of?
What do you think of
as you ponder its lonely perfection?

C’mon, think

No, it doesn’t symbolize
-war, death, love, politics, loss, life, man’s inhumanity to man-
It symbolizes pain
doesn’t it?

Your own

pointless

unnecessary

pain?

Or maybe . . .
gullibility?

My god, you’re gullible

Now,
take an eye

Any eye will do.

cae 2004