toothless

i feel toothless
useless
my family hands me a
plate to eat
my gums become raw
gnawing

i have no bones
everyone seems to be
barking at someone

it seems that art soothes
my gums
have teeth growing again

do you feel the barking?
there is a room full of people
we are barking

our gums are so raw
we have built teeth out of
each other and paint
and song and wood
and community
we are each others teeth

we want to make more teeth
we will continue to make teeth