4/25/06 'ONE TOOTH TO ANOTHER'

WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN--HE IS USING US TO CRUSH PEANUTS AND PECANS--AT LEAST HE AVOIDS HARD CANDY ETC.--WE HAVE BEEN MEETNG EACH OTHER UNDER PRESSURE FOR MANY YEARS--FIVE OF OUR BROTHERS HAD TO GIVE UP AND NOW THEY ARE GONE--NOTHING BUT EMPTY SPACES ON THE JAW BONE--

SOME OF US DECAYED AND BROKE UP SO MUCH SO THAT A METAL SHIELD (CROWN) NOW COVERS US ABOVE THE GUM LINE--GLUE HOLDS THE CROWN TO WHAT IS LEFT OF THAT TOOTH--

NOW ONE METAL CROWN IS PUNCHING A HOLE IN THE PLASTIC CROWN ABOVE IT--ANOTHER FRONT UPPER TOOTH HAD A PIN MOUNTED IN IT FOR SOMETHING TO HOLD THE FILLING THAT WAS ADDED--NOW THAT TOOTH IS WORN AND THE PIN HAS FALLEN OUT--

BOY THE DENTIST NEXT WEEK WILL HAVE A CHALLENGE--HE SEEMS TO ENJOY TRYING TO FIX THE IMPOSSIBLE--HOW LUCKY IS THE OWNER OF THESE TEETH--OR WHAT IS LEFT OF THEM--

AFTER SEVERAL VISITS WITH THIS DENTIST PERHAPS WE CAN SURVIVE UNTIL WE ARE NEEDED NO MORE--AND WE CAN BE STILL AND PEACEFUL FOREVER--

THIS OUR HOPE AND IN WHAT WE HAVE FAITH WILL HAPPEN--UNTIL THEN IT IS 'MASH AND GRIND' FOR OUR MASTER--

BY OTIS ENGLISH