for some reason buying a toothpaste different from the one your mother always bought feels like a slap in the face
but that's called self-care
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(floss so hard i hit my family's (invisible - psychic) line of grief)

(floss so hard you (i, we) get out the familial grief  in between your teeth)
----
that surpasses hers
is a slap in the face
the quality of my toothepast sitting next
my self bought toothepast sitting next to yours
surpassing


the new toothepaste i (just) bought for myself
surpasses the one you raised me on
what a slap in the face

my special bought toothepaste
sitting next to yours
surpassing your self care
what a slap in the face

An aquamarine strip
across the top

of the white porcelain sink
with

a few dabs
on the brushed nickel

the twinkles
in the blue solution

a galaxy far and away

my eyes glaze as I ponder my
escape