The dignity of crooked teeth
presented in a smile
beautifies nature’s imperfections.
The wild beauty of fangs
reminds us
that we too are animals.
Filing those canines down
in the name of civility,
makes us white washed,
sterilized products
of manipulated image.
Untwisting the wave of growth
with brace shackles,
pulling teeth
into painful submission,
that’s the modern method,
especially in the United States.
We hate our rebellious bodies,
and punish ourselves
with starvation and surgery.
We rip and tear and smear,
sweat and suction and slice,
laser off our pubes,
and bleach our assholes too.
We’ve gone completely insane,
but human nature must be tamed.
