the location and manner of teeth

posted Mar 1, 2016

in your mouth

in a dog's mouth
behind a fence
with a board missing

under a pillow
fairy, fairy
give me your money

near the back
of your neck
teeth that aren't teeth

that aren't
touching you
except they
can tear

o they can tear

Betsy Johnson-Miller lives in Minnesota and her work has appeared in Boulevard, Alaska Quarterly Review, Prairie Schooner, Agni (online), Gray's Sporting Journal, Cortland Review and Mid-American Review.

Johnson-Miller’s poem “A whale has a pelvis” also appears in this issue.