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Sweet love poems make me
gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag
and give me cavities.

I dedicate my root canals to you,
Oh, Sweet Love! And my dental caps!

Tired of romance
I read gritty crime novels
about killing dentists.

I can kill my dentist
by not paying the bill.

Why support a guy who wants to
drill baby drill? He goes after me
like a gold digger.

I strangle him with mint floss,
and gargle salt water memories.

Copyright © 2024 Barbara Leonhard, Melissa Lemay, and Nolcha Fox
All Rights Reserved

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Barbara Leonhard is the author of Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir and co-author of Too Much Fun to Be Legal. Her poetry has received awards and honors from Well-Versed 2021 and Spillwords Press. She’s a nominee for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Trending Poets named her Poet of the Year 2023. Some of her poems have been translated into Italian, Albanian, and Chinese. Barbara is the Editor for MasticadoresUSA, the Co-Poetry Editor for LatinosUSA-English Edition, and the Editor for her literary journal, FEED THE HOLY. Her blog: Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver.

Melissa Lemay lives in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with her three children, four cats, and a dog. She writes about God, addiction, trauma, healing, motherhood, and many other things. She enjoys spending time with family, drinking good coffee, and being outdoors. She loves animals. Her poem, Ephemeral, was chosen as “Poetic Publication of the Year” for 2023 at Spillwords Press; she was “Author of the Month” for July 2024. Find her at melissalemay.wordpress, collaborature.blogspot, and at dVerse Poets Pub.

Nolcha Fox’s poems have been curated in print and online journals. Her poetry books are available on Amazon and Dancing Girl Press. Nominee for 2023 and 2025 Best of The Net, 2024 Best of the Net Anthology. Nominee for 2023 and 2024 Pushcart Prize. Editor of Chewers by Masticadores. Co-Poetry Editor LatinosUSA.

Website: https://writingaddiction2.wordpress.com/ and https://nolchafox2.wixsite.com/nolcha-s-written-wor/blog 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolchafox/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nolcha.fox/