[New-Poetry] Sonnet: Unpacking My Toothbrush

[Halvard Johnson]

Sonnet:  Unpacking My Toothbrush

Long an anti-dentite, I’ve searched high and low for post-
consumerist dentistry, coming to believe, after many
years, that such a thing may not indeed be possible, or
even feasible. Traditional relationships leave open few

avenues, aside from this thicket of language, that even
are worth exploring. Digital dentistry seemed, once, to be
promising. “Open, please. Now rinse.” But the tooth
lodged in my forehead continued to cause problems:

blinding headaches, for example. My parents’ first
teaching to me: “Watch where you’re going.” But then
how I navigate, more than what I create, became more
and more central to my living. Quantity trumps quality.

Even at my age, I have more teeth than I will ever use,
more fat than I shall ever, ever come to chew.


                         (after Kenneth Goldsmith)

[http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/07/ 
i_am_unpacking_my_digital_libr.html#more]



Hal

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