Josh Ekroy
A Visit To The Dentist
I wouldn’t feed these canines to my Jack Russell,
and the molars wouldn’t interest Moloch,
the wisdoms are morons,
that tongue will have to come out now
or there’ll be verbal infection creeping in,
and the cheeks won’t last beyond next week.
Personally I wouldn’t be able to sell
the gums for much, and the lips
are a bit of a disappointment to me,
those fi llings are completely unmarketable.
Still, the tongue might do,
if we get it out today,
there’s a goodish trade in tongues like yours.
I think I can interest the better class
of Game Reserve in that,
fried with herbs and garlic,
it would be popular
with discerning herds of elephants.
Your ears are quite small,
not nearly big enough to emit
body heat, but then it’s cold here,
have you thought of having them off?
Could be profi table in the ornament trade.
Look, tell you what, I’ll cut
your face off and leave it at that.
A job lot. What do you say?
and the molars wouldn’t interest Moloch,
the wisdoms are morons,
that tongue will have to come out now
or there’ll be verbal infection creeping in,
and the cheeks won’t last beyond next week.
Personally I wouldn’t be able to sell
the gums for much, and the lips
are a bit of a disappointment to me,
those fi llings are completely unmarketable.
Still, the tongue might do,
if we get it out today,
there’s a goodish trade in tongues like yours.
I think I can interest the better class
of Game Reserve in that,
fried with herbs and garlic,
it would be popular
with discerning herds of elephants.
Your ears are quite small,
not nearly big enough to emit
body heat, but then it’s cold here,
have you thought of having them off?
Could be profi table in the ornament trade.
Look, tell you what, I’ll cut
your face off and leave it at that.
A job lot. What do you say?
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