In times like these...stock market going wild, people scurrying around with question marks on their faces...well you can't be serious every minute, or your body will explode with ulcers. I stumbled upon this site once where a retired lawyer invites people to write limericks and haiku. Today her topic was : Dentists, so I slogged out a verse reminding me of a particular dental disaster I endured about three years ago, when a dentist pulled out a tooth without ex-raying first and ended up fracturing my jaw and creating a hole through to my sinus cavity. Needless to say, I switched dentists, but on cold days my face still hurts from the trauma. Anyway, what do you do? Laugh about it. Here is my limerick... and the haiku.
At first I considered my cavity
A disaster of no special gravity
But the dentist—Forsooth--
Wrenched out the whole tooth.
In an instant of mental depravity
“Million dollar smile!”
“Puts money where your mouth is”
Disproportionate.
5 comments:
Very clever!
Those were a lot of fun. I'm so glad you participated in my dental poetry prompt!
Oh ... and I'm not a retired judge --- just a recovering lawyer. :)
Thanks again!
I'd rather have a cavity than a gap - only because dentists terrify me.
Golden grins do cost a pretty penny.
I remember how much pain you were in at the time, so I'm glad you can laugh about it now.
Very well done. :)
I agree that we can't be serious all the time!
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