The Lesson
lost my two front teeth
in a fall
this past fall
put two shiny new Washington quarters
under my pillow
to get replacements
Daddy told me
that his dental plan
will replace
only up to one Roosevelt
in a twelve month period
if at all
he said that this condition
was a result of a conspiracy in our modern society
driven
by corrupt, exploiting and greedy
tooth fairies in expensive blue suits and white coats
driving BMWs and Mercedes
drinking lattes and cappuccinos
under the banners of humanity, fairness and truth
and the stars and stripes
cheating on their spouses
putting their assets in accounts outside the reach
of the IRS
and who would do in their mother for a Roosevelt
Copyright © Rudolph Rinaldi | Year Posted 2014
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