After five years my tongue felt foreign,
dry and numb like I’d kissed a corpse.
I couldn’t bring myself to bite off the intruder
my teeth must learn to share a new neighbor.
Licked lips suck moisture
and crack under new authority;
“I’m breaking up with you”,
spewed a swollen mouth
beaten raw from the inside.
My jaw has grown sharp
to accommodate a now familiar
bitter proprietor;
I tongue the sores that heal.
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