Tooth Extraction

I appreciate how, and maybe this is only my take, you may be alluding to another form of pain you may be feeling through the use of a metaphor of a physically painful event you may be going through or have gone through recently. “Inside of me, there is a hole” you may be referring to a toxic person or thing in your life that had to go to “save the rest” to stop the rot from spreading to other parts of your life. Even though you know it had to go, the pain of having something like that pulled out is still present. Also the “leave a home without a guest” could be literal or just personification/ metaphor. Just an interpretation.

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Happy cake day. This was really fun and I loved the natural rhyme and consistent rhythm here. I think you could also include how the whole process made 'you' feel to have more specificity and concrete imagery in the poem.

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Ouch, sounds painful. I think you did a good job conveying the ordeal you went through with your tooth. Hope you feel better soon.