2.30!

2.30!

Come down now and brush your teeth -

Get rid of all the gunk beneath!

Scrub deep down and underneath

Coz they might fall out and give you grief!

Use your toothbrush thrice a day,

Prevent the rot and green decay

And before the dentist has his say,

I'll nag you 'till you brush today!

Your friends and others will run a mile

When they smell your breath, so vile!

With missing teeth, you won't smile;

You haven't cleaned your teeth for a while?

Your future girlfriends won't want to snog

or view your profile on your blog,

With rotting molars and toothy gaps -

Your dentist will be busy building caps.

Years of treatments, years of pain -

Another appointment (yet again)

You're not silly and have a brain;

To have black nashers would be a shame.

You don't want early dentures, son

To remove and soak - it ain't no fun

There's no need to answer back or get shirty

But avoid an appointment for tooth thirty......

For Joseph

January 2011