Best Gums Poems

If I could see into your mind
I wonder of all the mischief I'd find
I bet I'd see memories you'd like left behind
or I'd see your rationale that was forced to resign

By your ego and pride and lack of humility
the parts of you that I hide when they start to appear in me
I'd see the dreams...

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What did those spoke Mumbles just say?
I dunno
Dead air ... empty space,
me no hear
BTG fools don’t interest me
Bumping the gums 
endlessly
Rat-a-tat, tat talk
that make your ears bleed
They’re saying a lot of heavy nothing,
with an empty, light trigger touch
Incoherent lips mouthing something
that don’t mean much
Less than ant important ... verbal transmission
with a broken clutch
BTG fools be...

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My teeth are mean
They are old and sad
I grind them keen
I make them mad

My gums are red
And raw and sore
Dental words 
I do abhor

Dental cleanings
Are not fair
I nearly jump
Out of the chair

I have had bad teeth
Since I was little
They break and bark
They are quite brittle


But since I need them daily
Even though they make me weep
I...

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A wise old owl this duffer's become
Trying to appear brilliant, flapping my gums
At times what comes out
Gobbly guk creating doubt
Bout the power of my brain or am I just a bum...

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A wise old owl this duffer's become
Trying to appear brilliant, flapping his gums
At times what comes out
Gobbly gook creating doubt
Bout the power of the brain or am I just a bum...

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While the red gums bloom
the honeyeaters
quarantine my garden
from other bird species
even my best mate
the little blackbird
hides behind garden pots
terrified
when he visits....

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A whistle stop
for the roadside café
pie and sauce
with peas and coke
please
to chase 
down the dust
of the red centre
in the heat haze
the slow moving
ghost gums
come to life....

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I am munching nuts and waiting for a friend.
Both activities tend to lengthen the day –
until a dental alarm. Lazy time has stopped
and forced me to think,
examine the object
held between finger and thumb:
a fragment of tooth or of filling.
I wonder from where it has emerged.
The left? The right? The middle?
No pain, just jumble among a...

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I smell the popcorn hours after it has been popped
My mouth savors the smell, but not the taste.
Popcorn is for people who have good gums 

I used to chew ice which I loved to do
It caused fissures and cracks in my teeth
Could I stop? Apparently not.

I look at a juicy steak 
Wondering if I will...

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“Why is it called a toothbrush?”
(he asked rhetorically)
as I use it to brush more than one
it makes no sense to me
surely 'teethbrush' would be correct
for dental care and gums
so from now on that's what I'll use
to remove food residue between my teeth
while I still have some
...

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