Ayoola Goodyness Olanrewaju writes

good teeth

if i tell you of your bad teeth 

it is not for the moments of flawlessness I bear

no man is infallible...

it is not for the paints of super colours for my blackness 

i am black enough for colours...

i once had a bad tooth 

the pains...unbearable...

the shame is not a joke 

it cannot be hidden in the eyes of many blind accolades...

it is because i know 

when my teeth are good and yours too 

poetry is brave...

the world is brave.

 

 Anxiety -- Kimberly Gifford

 

 Big Smile -- Sal Marino

 

 Tiptoe Through my Two Lips -- Tim Nyberg