Kendra Nuttall
Self-Preservation
With wrist bound in brace
to keep the carpal tunnel at bay,
I stick on the anti-wrinkle patch
and catch my plastic-coated smile
in the glass,
teeth retained,
each knowing its place.
Kendra Nuttall loves long titles and is the author of poetry collections, Our Bones Ache Together and A Statistical Study of Randomness, which you can find out more about on kendranuttall.com.