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“Canine” by Nathan Blan

Only three teeth remaining / what can be done / sooner or later / even those three / will be gone / broken into fragments / some of which / will be swallowed / / this very hour / a new loss discovered / by my tongue / the serrated remains / of my former fourth tooth / a jagged blade rooted / into my jawbone / my tongue scraped / against it / as I sang to myself / while mending / the right knee / of my Sunday / trousers
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