teeth_are_naked_bones
crOwl
i
have
mercury
fillings
in
my
mouth
from
long
bouts
of
candy
consumption
during
my
childhood
.
there
used
to
be
a
penny
candy
shoppe
in
my
old
home
town
.
my
drunken
dad
would
take
me
and
my
brother
and
we'd
pick
out
a
paperbag
full
.
we
didn't
know
about
the
porno mags
the
owner sol
behind
the
counter.
this
april
i'm
getting
them
filled
in
with
white
porcelein
and
you
won't
even
know
i
used
to
abuse
my
teeth
.
060207
...
.
sold
,
not
sol.
060207
...
birdmad
i
essentially
need
to
have
all
of
mine
pulled
and
replaced
various strikes
to
the
face
over
those
years
when
i
enjoyed
few
things
more
than
fighting
or
fucking
around
did
more
lasting
damage
than
my
younger
, dumber
self
could
grasp
my
lower jaw
looks
like
a
cemetery
in
disrepair
and
the
occasional
ache
in
my
upper jaw
says
that
the
fall
and
fail
of
those
may
be
just
around
the
corner
...
the
remanants
of
those
same
teeth
that
once
pulverised
the
fingertip
of
an
opponent
who
tried
to
fish
-hook
me
would
likely
fold
against
that
same
flesh
and
bone
now
i
must
refurbish
my
broken
mouth
birds
may
not
have
teeth
,
but
their
forebear,
the
archaeopteryx
did
060207
...
nom
i
never
had
any
cavities
until
after
i
got
sick
with
m_e
has
a
lot
of
fillings
now
060207
...
raze
i'm
still
quietly
amazed
that
mine
have
held
up
as
well
as
they
have
given
the
hell
i
put
them
through
in
a
misguided
effort
to
punish
my
mother
and
stepfather
after
all
the
shit
they
gave
me
about
how
much
money
went
into
rearranging
the
bombed-out
mountain
of
my
mouth
.
so
they
aren't
perfect
like
they
were
for
a
while
when
the
braces
first
came
off
.
i
can
eat
without
gnawing
on
the
inside
of
my
own
face
most
of
the
time
,
and
it
doesn't
hurt
to
bite
down
on
anything
that
isn't
made
of
metal
.
these
bones
aren't
broken
.
that's
good
enough
for
me
.
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