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Appleseed
Better Jimmy Carter peanuts
than Reagan Mad Cow jelly beans
... best.. Johnny Appleseed
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TEETH
Hazel
used to say 'let me brush
my tooth and I'll be right
with you.'
H called her
'a void with teeth'
Her brother told her she would be reborn
as a camel. When asked why,
he said.. because of your breath.
Many decades
of abuse of the sugar cane
plant came home to roost
this weekend
as she lost
a front tooth..
she has seen skeletons
with better teeth.
Louise Hay
would perhaps say
that bad breath is
the karma of critical speech.
She put the tooth back in
the gaping hole.. and it
lasted for a few days
but yesterday..
chomping down.. she swallowed
it.
So for now a grapefruit seed
takes away the sibilant
sound in her voice..
But in complaining about
the situation to 2 trashmen
.. she saw that neither had
uppers.. and was humbled
