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pantryslut) wrote2006-08-29 08:39 am
pantryslut) wrote2006-08-29 08:39 am
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new poem
Any relationship to current events in my life is completely coincidental.
Three Dreams of Teeth
1.
They call it an ear of corn, but the kernels look more like teeth. Neat rows of molars, ready to sing songs of silver and sugar, starch and gold.
I dream that my mouth is full of keys. I can taste their brassy tang when I swallow. I cannot wrap my tongue around them to speak.
There are four holes in my gums where the dentist removed my bicuspids. The sockets sit empty, open locks. A kernel of corn would fill them perfectly.
2.
One of the most common dreams on records is the dream of one’s teeth falling out.
Freud says, with uncharacteristic lack of imagination, that dreams of one's teeth falling out are best categorized as somatic dreams; that is, you grind your teeth and you dream of teeth.
Other sources say that dreams of your teeth falling out signify fears of aging, of not being heard, of talking too much. Social anxiety, worries about sexual attractiveness, even financial concerns can be symbolized by this dream.
Teeth represent power, and their loss, powerlessness.
3.
When I was eight, I had incisors so pointed other children said I was a vampire. Not a vampire, I said. A werewolf.
Now my incisors are dull, and my molars so sharp the dentist offers to file them down.
The instructor wrote in red pen on my poems, “where is the Lori who dreams of werewolves?”
She has turned vegetarian, and only eats corn. Her only song is “sweet tooth, sweet tooth, your love so sweet it hurts my mouth. Sweet thing, without you I will starve. Sweet thing, you have broken my lock.”
Three Dreams of Teeth
1.
They call it an ear of corn, but the kernels look more like teeth. Neat rows of molars, ready to sing songs of silver and sugar, starch and gold.
I dream that my mouth is full of keys. I can taste their brassy tang when I swallow. I cannot wrap my tongue around them to speak.
There are four holes in my gums where the dentist removed my bicuspids. The sockets sit empty, open locks. A kernel of corn would fill them perfectly.
2.
One of the most common dreams on records is the dream of one’s teeth falling out.
Freud says, with uncharacteristic lack of imagination, that dreams of one's teeth falling out are best categorized as somatic dreams; that is, you grind your teeth and you dream of teeth.
Other sources say that dreams of your teeth falling out signify fears of aging, of not being heard, of talking too much. Social anxiety, worries about sexual attractiveness, even financial concerns can be symbolized by this dream.
Teeth represent power, and their loss, powerlessness.
3.
When I was eight, I had incisors so pointed other children said I was a vampire. Not a vampire, I said. A werewolf.
Now my incisors are dull, and my molars so sharp the dentist offers to file them down.
The instructor wrote in red pen on my poems, “where is the Lori who dreams of werewolves?”
She has turned vegetarian, and only eats corn. Her only song is “sweet tooth, sweet tooth, your love so sweet it hurts my mouth. Sweet thing, without you I will starve. Sweet thing, you have broken my lock.”