Connective Cube

What’s that slice in the gum
The one that shows so definitively when I press hard.

So soft, the imprint noticeable 3 minutes later, though fading.
I mean no shade when I say this is another stint

Of proving my doctor right that I have a high pain tolerance
By chance, no evidence of it when I wake up before my alarm.

4 hours earlier. At 2am wondering if I’ll swallow my tooth in my sleep
LIke the one time I chomped on sticky taffy and my crown fell down my throat.

That one stubborn crust that went perpendicular on the pink graiin
But still didn’t penetrate, only the same when I pressed my fingernail

Into my gooey mouth when I was 10 with calcium bound pearls
Wondering why my gums are the same color as bubble yum.