I've Heard the Story

I’ve heard the story and I know it’s true

You’ve lost some teeth and now you’re blue…

And black, and crimson, you show those hues

And before extraction you were a little yellow too.

Now you’ve experienced some true pain

And upon retrospect you’re not sure you’re quite sane

To let someone make you feel you were just hit by a train

Is not what normal people do who have a normal brain

But the body is truly a miraculous thing

And before you know it you’ll have strength in those wings

To fly about, to flit and to sing

To hurry along, full speed into spring.

And those teeth I know you’ll never miss

And very soon we will be able to kiss

And things will be normal, the normal bliss

And if I didn’t add “I love you” I would be remiss.

February 1993