Orality  (Things found in my mouth during childhood)


Nipple, Milk, Fingers, Thumb,
Nose, Snot, Ache in Gum...
Dummy, Spoon, Teething Rusk,
Liquids, Solids, Stick of Musk...
Icecream, Mud, Bits of Fence,
Tablets, Pencil, Fifty Cents...
Junket, Toys, Tomato Sauce,
Discarded Butt, And sick, (Of course)...
Fly, Apple, Grub Inside,
Tongue Depressor, "Open Wide..."
Edge of Book, Cherry Pie,
Milo, Vegemite, Older Guy...

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