The Tooth Fairy Went Next Door Too...
A mother left the little girl...
left the little girl and went
next door...
a mother left the little girl...
left the little girl asleep...
the little girl left asleep
had only just turned three...
the little girl awoke to find
her mother gone-
the little girl felt left behind
The little girl got a stool
and climbed onto the bench-
the little girl couldn't resist
the jar of hundreds and thousands
that her mother kept...
the little girl dropped the jar-
it smashed and went
everywhere...
these hundreds and thousands
they went everywhere...
like rainbow coloured snow
escaping from a snow globe...
free and happy to roam and explore...
with such excitement
and curiousness
...the little girls mother stormed
in the kitchen to see what is all
the din...the little girls mother
not happy to see her floor covered
in such mess...
the mother grabbed the little girl
in mid air by her hair...
and punched her with a closed
fist...
the little girls front tooth
flew along the floor and spun
for a while before it came to
rest...
the little girl stood in shock
and she cried just a little
not a lot...
the little girls' mother grabbed her
and cried saying over and over how
sorry she was...
...but the little girl knew her
mother she lied...
...for the little girl knew her mother
would be sorry only until
next time...
the girl was stunned and numb...
for the little girl it was her tooth, the new
gap in her mouth and her mouth
bleeding was her new worry...
the little girl knew that for her
the tooth fairy would not come...
when the little girl got older...
she now was about ten...her
younger sisters
would lose their teeth dance round
and round and celebrate...
from the tooth fairy the coins
they received for them this
was great...
the little would smile and
laugh...
and say my tooth fairy brings
me hundreds and thousands...
for the little knew...she knew the
truth would make them sad...
but the little loved her sisters
and for her sisters she was very very
glad...
Copyright © Eileen R. Kelly | Year Posted 2007
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