The Poet Without Teeth

I lost a tooth the other day and thought of this

Don't talk to me

you toothless poet

Who preaches me

what you all know at

When life smiles back

and tells you so

That I'm as bad

as all you show

And I am learning

from expense

Of what you've paid

in greater sense

When never having brushed your teeth

and having nerve to smile at me

When all I learn is in between

what teeth are left for flossing free

Author's Note

I lost a tooth the other day and thought of this