Dentist Visit
he used the needle
to numb the pain
to fix my son’s tooth
a practice he’s
done for more
than seventeen years
my heart broke
when I noticed
how much
his hands shook
you can’t stop it
from coming for
any of us
that bad ending
that we all get
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This poem gets to the point so efficiently. The power of that third stanza can be felt by all.