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Tag: Loose tooth

Fascination

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 ~ mariasjostrand ~ 2 Comments

Fascination.

That instinct that makes us

Use our tongue

To push against that stubborn tooth

Hanging insistently by a single thread.

Just to see if it still hurts.

 

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