Poems

Liz McQuilkin: ‘Foot and Mouth’, ‘Head and Shoulders’ and ‘A Modern Streetscape’

Foot and Mouth My dentist said in autumn, I don’t do work like this. You need an endodontist, who said, We need to run this past a peridontist, who said, It’s not a peridontal problem, go back and see your dentist. The dentist said, I can’t extract that tooth without the risk of osteonecrosis— but the endodontist just might save it. A time was made in winter for root-canal replacement. The tooth survived, an endodontal triumph. Next day the pain was back. Needing to talk to someone, I skyped my friend in France. She said, when she was having trouble…

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