Toothache

`Toothache

The festering morsel 
Festooned in buccal cavity 
Triumphant against the crown
A queen in pearly finery
Whose decaying beauty 
Succumbs to the invader
In eroded submission

With slow intrusive action
Eating at her very core 
Its acidic weapon easing on
Enough to cause a frown
Now the pearly queen is ruptured
Her hardtop broken
And weakness exposed

It has the advantage
Its neural quest within sight
And easier progress through softer matter
Begins to prompt a twinge
There’s no stopping now
The quest is nearly over
The goal in sight

The fallen queen bemoans her fate
Her ruined stronghold impaired
And neural center exposed
She wails as though in childbirth
The paroxysms of defeat 
Its relentless assault 
Has no reprieve

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