The Cavity Impossible To Fill
"The most vicious of all species, the human is reddest in tooth and
manicured claw."
-- the countless animal organisms
killed
on Beast Planet
* * *
"Together let us mourn the gruesome death of one great ape,
since wailing might assist us to surmount our tragic loss,
each present mouth with disbelief in horror still agape,
the perished human willing none on Earth his dental floss --
or yet a toothbrush, mouthwash, Waterpik, or stick of gum,
or even any access to expensive dental care,
and thus is each of us by grievous tooth decay quite glum,
as well as fainting straight of halitosis sans compare --
while downing hosts of Hostess Twinkies man once mass produced,
along with Ding Dongs, Brownie Bites, and endless alcohol,
our Reason by stupidity and weakness is seduced,
till full enthralled by folly comes the paradisal fall --
so during the reception as our last and final rite,
let each nonconscious quantum fu*k nonstop on getting tight."
* * *
a dedication of Respect
for
the Pain of the loss of manifold quanta --
a vast waste yet impossible to process
a revolving helios sonnet menippean satire monologue on
the universal tragedy of the inevitable extinction of
tooth decay
(let alone wisdom teeth)
january, 2023 -- each corpse in the coffin
full able at last to move past the approaching demise of
mean monkey business
Copyright © James Starkey Iii | Year Posted 2023
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