Gone Electric by Shine Ballard

when my teeth grind,

the fatigue fixates on the

leftside of the jaw—sliding

down,

left, the rasping rivets itself

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rehension

i, aware of the grind,

reposition rightly for balance

though the act is an act of tilting

the rightgrind feels awk

ward i'm accustomed to

leftsidedsuffering

so much so,

the act of teethgrinding,

routed right,

feels different, divergent

an altogether remote motion

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rehension

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a slide which establishes static,

fosters friction,

smiletilted

this slide's gone electric

galvanic, charged, stirred sliding,

slid sordid—

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rehension

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Shine Ballard, the selcouthsciolist, currently creates and resides on this plane(t). @xShine14