Friday, June 19, 2009

a squeak

my father will not tell you that he has a weak eye
so he turns to the TV
to watch from his right side

and there is a piece of apple stuck between his teeth
so he pulls in the air and the spit
to make that high pitched squeaking sound

it is something absent-minded,
and I join in

a chorus of tooth-sucking family members
squeaking in the glow of the television

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