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My tooth hurts. Cavity? God, I hope not.
Garret Schuelke
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My tooth hurts. Cavity? God, I hope not.
Garret Schuelke's three-line poem is about as ordinary as a moment can get: someone feels a pain in their tooth and starts to worry. The speaker says what hurts, then asks a question, "Cavity?", and then answers it with a half-prayer, "God, I hope not."
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