baby teeth

I collected baby teeth

in ages older than most

one by one, they fell out

at an age too old

for me to believe in

fairies or Santa Claus.

Still, I played along,

collecting 5 and 10 dollar bills

occasionally a 20,

that my father forgot to break.

The dentist told me

my teeth would not last

if I continued in my faulty ways

and the words cemented in my brain,

which is why through a process

of psycho analysis

I have dreams of crumbling teeth,

turning rock to dust.

It is not as I read,

because you make me feel inadequate.

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