mouths mouths mouths
I know all about mouths
the prissy small ones
the generous large ones
they all open for me
in dumb obedience
\"Open wide\" I whisper
and they open wide
and reveal all
for the mouth is the nexus
the portal of life
breath enters and leaves
food is bitten and chewed
the tongue listens to flavors
kisses are love in transit
the mouth is all hunger
and I see it all
Now to absolve the oral sins
the brushings forgotten
the flossings ignored
It\'s payback time with pain
my steel tools glisten
I scrape I scour I polish
until the dazzling white
of hygienic forgiveness
radiates from shiny teeth
and I utter the final blessing:
\"Rinse please and floss evermore!\"