UNCLE WILLIE'S TEETH William Bray

	The first tooth was pulled from you in an explosion of love Yes, he loved the people in Dios. With god, he is rumored to have said Rumored The second tooth was harder the roots were tangled and deep embedded in the land. The second tooth was harder, it left a bleeding stump The third tooth belongs to the Civil War they knocked it out with a repeating rifle and took what little was left Your last tooth you pulled from your mouth and gave to the man who wrote your book and took your name. The last tooth you pulled from your mouth and the pain killed him.

	"Uncle Willie's Teeth" © 1993, 1995 by William Bray
	Original Graphics © 1995 by Jim Davis-Rosenthal

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