"i'm overdue for a dream in which my teeth fall out" by nat raum

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that's a euphemism—yes, i have cavities, but it means i am bullet train, bound for collision. i am jar of marbles broken across a concrete floor. i am the rise of the seas. what i lack in control i make up for in firepower and i should not be given an excuse to start shooting. i am landslide tornado earthquake wildfire, ready to raise hell, ask questions later. i put the disorder in bpd and my nightmares like to remind me. i close my eyes, see incisor pop softly out of gumline. run tongue through bloody mouth, lose teeth like i used to cut corn off the cob. same time tomorrow night. ————————————– nat raum called us from Baltimore, MD. voicemailpoems.org/submit/ facebook.com/voicemailpoems x.com/voicemailpoems bsky.app/profile/voicemailpoems.bsky.social instagram.com/voicemailpoems