Writing after a long and difficult night

It is early Tuesday morning. The sky is still black velvet waiting for the approach of dawn. I did get a little sleep last night, but I am not sure how much. It was a long and difficult, actually I should say painful, night. The problem is that I have only about 16 1/2 teeth in my mouth and because of this; I cannot chew my food properly.

Since I cannot chew it properly, it does not digest the way it should. In addition, I have a tendency not to drink the proper amount of water. The results of these two things sometimes causes pain and I spend the night wondering if I am going to live. If I had health insurance then I would go to the ER during these episodes, but I have no health insurance. Since I do not have health insurance or teeth, I have to be miserable during these episodes.

I am going to get teeth in August, the dentist is going to pull all my teeth and put in a complete set of false teeth. I am looking forward to that. In the mean time, I will be more careful to chew my food carefully or as carefully as I can without a full set of teeth. I will also drink more water.

I am also going to continue to blog about the experience of not having a full set of teeth and the problems it causes. I write, so what is the use of having an experience if I do not write about the good or the bad experience. Maybe I will also write a poem about it, this depends on what else inspires my muses today.

Sleepless
I toss and turn
attempting to find comfort
from the pain of my own foolishness.

Life without a full set of teeth
makes everything difficult
and does not encourage good health.

Perhaps I should look deeper
then the obvious reason
for not taking care of my teeth
when I was younger.