she came in to the surgery
eager as punch
I was taking her baby tooth out
to straighten the rest out
...at least temporarily
and distracting her a little
I raised the needle
and placed it on her gum
up came the hand immediately
and swiped it out of the way
"hey that pinches"
she said
laughing out of hand
and I talked her
off the ledge
numbed up
she smiled
and said
"Dad I can't feel my face"
and then the extraction
a fully formed kids canine.
easy I thought to myself
as I struggled to extract it sweating
(such long roots)
out it popped
and relieved we both laughed
as she wiped the blood from
her mouth she said
"mum can i have some ice-cream"
kids
cant shoot em
dont even think
of extracting their
baby teeth.
unless you
are a
masochist
or
a dentist.
...tough
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