<\/p>\n
7 am<\/p>\n
and still the tooth aches<\/p>\n
and nothing else matters.<\/p>\n
not the sleep you didn’t get<\/p>\n
not the dishes to do<\/p>\n
not the unpaid bills<\/p>\n
not the smack she gave you<\/p>\n
not the 4 alarm fire downstairs.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The only thing that matters is<\/p>\n
the absence<\/p>\n
the abscess within.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Then, out of nowhere<\/p>\n
mana from heaven,<\/p>\n
the door is opened<\/p>\n
and the hot iron<\/p>\n
is taken off the wound.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Nothing else still matters<\/p>\n
only this absence<\/p>\n
that pain – where did it go?<\/p>\n
How wonderful a world it now is.<\/p>\n
Fields and fields of relief.<\/p>\n
Belief, again.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A toothache is a poem<\/p>\n
that we live<\/p>\n
the moment pain is<\/p>\n
re \u00a0 placed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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