I Almost Tossed it Out
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true story. I hate having to use these things because of one of the two rare side effects I've been left with the past seven years from using injections prescribed me by a doctor, and I never truly even needed those injections. I am very disappointed in the medical system.
They’re ugly and grown yellow
after being used awhile,
and rarely are they seen
except for when I smile.
I have a rare condition
that makes my mouth grow wetter.
I have to use one of these things
just to feel a bit better.
While at the movies one time,
my thing I could not find.
Searching in the darkness,
I almost lost my mind.
Three others like it are at my house.
But my dog on one left a gap.
When finding it, he bit it
and now it is for crap.
Only two are left now.
I worry they’ll get lost,
and to just replace one
is a ridiculous cost.
The other day I took one out
to eat my Subway sandwich.
When I went to put it back in,
I was in a pan-wich.
High and low I searched
everywhere I had been
between the bedroom and kitchen
and then I’d search again.
Then I had the strangest thought,
and though I had some doubt,
my mouthguard I had wrapped inside
the Subway wrapper. I almost tossed it out!
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2024
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