A sadistic dentist and his mangy dental assistant. Photo Alice Kask’s painting: Dog (2008). Curated by Europeana on Unsplash.
Now rinse out
Stand up
Wallet emptied
Six-month follow-up
Insurance card returned
Given a doggy bag
with floss, paste,
& a Greenies treat.
With a pound of soggy gauze
stuffed into bloated cheeks
& still in a delirious haze —
I smiled with missing teeth.
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