Oral Hygiene

If the only
compliment

his daughter 
could share about his life

for the obituary 

was

“He still had most of his teeth,” 

we can be quite certain 
he had wronged 

at least one woman,

neglected his children, 

and didn’t much like dogs.

But still, 

some credit is due because,

apparently, 

he managed to brush 

three times a day.

from the Wonderments and Such collection

. . . j