Poem number 880912

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From: Bialik Poetry Server
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:00

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After the Dentist
May Swenson


My left upper
lip and half

my nose is gone.
I drink my coffee

on the right from
a warped cup

whose left lip dips.
My cigarette's

thick as a finger.
Somebody else's.

I put lip-
stick on a cloth-

stuffed doll's
face that's

surprised when one
side smiles.

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