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Challenge of the Week CCX
Write a poem about kicking in somebody's teeth.
Ended October 21, 2020 • 55 Entries • Created by Prose
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Write a poem about kicking in somebody's teeth.
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rlove327
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the economics lesson

is free unless you fail and then I take your teeth so listen lad in 1776 america was born fuck philly’s bogus bell and bow to adam smith the wealth of nations’ invisible ineluctable hand that’s raised in benediction for the worthy and slapped you to that gutter you see my forefathers founded clapboard churches and god smiled and made it rain holy green so I earned mine fortune favors the faithful and the faithless writhe so I clasp these hallelujah hands and avoid the unclean which means I will not help or hit you my foot will do the work now grab your bootstraps boy and yank yourself respectable before I stamp your shame I’ll wear my cross and you’ll wear your caste in your shattered grimace dental care is for winners

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Challenge of the Week CCX
Write a poem about kicking in somebody's teeth.
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sandflea68
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Stairs Don’t Care

Stairs balk at talk -

they’ve seen too much -

life’s ups and downs,

babies’ frowns.

Knocked out teeth

beneath the heath.

Teenagers stealing

up the stairs

into their lairs,

they got their kicks

before parents caught

them in their tricks.

Dirty secrets

ground into stairs.

Teddy bears

falling down.

Scary clowns

waiting there,

stairs don’t care

they don’t talk,

holding up

all that weight,

tempting fate

of sorrows, cares,

sordid stares,

ragged socks

worn by jocks.

Stairs too slick

to talk at all.

But listen with care

you’ll hear the stair

whisper with flair

into cool night air

while broken teeth

lie battered there.

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Challenge of the Week CCX
Write a poem about kicking in somebody's teeth.
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Moonsinger128
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gem

they're pearls.

shiny

glass vases

filled

with

ground stars

and

antique jewlery

composed of curves

blinding

reflecting sunlight

crushed inside

a dull

shell

that protects

but disguises

their

beauty

a swift kick to the mouth.

a *crunch*.

now, rubies.

glittering liquid

trickles

streams

down

the

crisp

incisions

on your

chin

slight sparks

strands of

pink

luminous filaments

white dust

that sparkles

now

revealed

nothing can murder your prettiness.

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Challenge of the Week CCX
Write a poem about kicking in somebody's teeth.
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Thereisnospoon
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Frenemy.

False intentions leak

through your

dazzling smiling teeth,

harboured envy

inner spite

stain your outer

pearly whites.

You may fool the others

with your “true” friend

pretendin’

but one of these days

I’ll come around

and kick those fake

grinning teeth in!

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Write a poem about kicking in somebody's teeth.
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BonnieBoo
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No Satisfaction

If I couldn't jump off a bridge

I would dive head first

Whistling

On the way down

Where is my protector

My fears are under pressure

Suffocating

Alone in trepidation

"Choke her by the neck

Kick in her teeth

Watching

While you reap satisfaction"

My hands cannot touch her

Neither will my feet

Emulating

Would mean certain defeat

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Write a poem about kicking in somebody's teeth.
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EllaCressman
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He Told Me I Was Nothing

He told me I was nothing

And I told him he was wrong

He tried to run but I chased him

To tell him we were done

He said I would never amount to anything

That I should stop trying and end it now

So I punched him in the face

And he fell right to the ground.

He said to stop and I tried but couldn't.

I kicked his teeth in

He stopped breathing

And I kept going.

I started running.

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Write a poem about kicking in somebody's teeth.
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Tanagura
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Cats

Fingernails with dirt under

My nail polish cracked

Black chips on your birthday face

Funny how hard you tumble

Rolling down the hill

Playing with pigs

Sweet bloody mud mask

Guess you do have horse teeth

Cute

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Write a poem about kicking in somebody's teeth.
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Nero
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Bloody desire

Violet

I kick her head against the wall

Splitting her face in two teeths snow

Down

Violet

Inside someone else rotten my

Soul

Violet violet

Her Name sang to my ear what I’ll give

To have it like before......Fin

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Write a poem about kicking in somebody's teeth.
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fairyqueen
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Stomp

The first rule is you don't talk about it.

There is a first snap

like ripe fruit

beneath my boot

before the mouth flaps.

Tiny white imperfect munchers

break inward, arrows pointing

down a screaming throat

streaming with blood.

Inside of every man rages

a beast pacing a cage waiting to

break free and maul the world

to pieces.

This is where we let them loose

to fight like dirty dogs, cock fights

in a pit dark as pitch, vortexing

with the ugly thoughts we chain daily.

And so I crank back my leg again,

a child endlessly kicking a ball that

cracks back with flying

teeth and spit and dirt and blood.

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Challenge of the Week CCX
Write a poem about kicking in somebody's teeth.
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nightscribbler
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Rules of the Dojo

1. If you can’t say something nice,

don’t say anything at all.

2. For every non-nice word you say,

you receive a warning

in the form of one hundred pushups.

3. After three warnings, and for every

non-nice word thereafter,

you get a tooth removed by the sensei,

dropkick style.

Disclaimer: The Dojo cannot be held responsible for the particular aim or lack thereof of the sensei. All dental and/or medical expenses are solely the responsibility of the wayward student.

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