braces but cute

i made your front tooth crooked

by descending from a tender gum into the canine void

where a baby lived until it decayed

into the absence of adulthood

hollow, later than expected

i grow horizontally in a vertical scheme

i require patience and generosity

an xray would reveal my slow intentions

and meager achievements

the subtle vibrations of alienation in pink flesh

my fear of falling or growing

of standing in a line of like bodied clones

filling cavities with meat and potatoes