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2023
Pushcart Prize Nominee
Fred Zirm
Oral Hygiene
So much of floss is loss
mostly waste wrapped round
your fingers to keep
the center tightrope taut
between your teeth as you
scrape them clean and try
to defeat the decay
that will come anyway
despite the minute debris
you flick onto your own
face frozen in the mirror.
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