Coincidental Floss

A poem from 2017

Listen to a performance on YouTube..

(A series of fortunate events

Blink and you'll miss it

World War Tooth

Coming soon

If I escape

More by luck than judgement?)

It was Tuesday afternoon

Just sitting at the desk

In front of the computer

Pretending not to surf the internet

The phone rang and I thought

Please don't let this be for me

I'm too fragile to talk to anyone

And I breathed a sigh of relief as my colleague's extension bleeped

Then I saw it, quite by chance

The email from the Nigerian prince

He's got to get 20 million out of the country and he needs my help

Well, I'm flattered!

I might put my life in danger but all that cash!

I could have plastic surgery with my share

(Up and down we go

Keeping the man in white happy

Hidden dangers the eye can't see)

Well, I need to go now for my dental appointment

Never my favourite thing

Two small fillings

Could be worse

Not exactly cheap

Why do I have to pay to be tortured?

Still, that email about the £414.87p tax refund will more than see me right

I could buy some crowns for that!

A crown, a prince!

Hey, this is an omen!

(Eliminate plaqueteria, my waxy friend

Scrape softly and harm me not)

Oh, my mouth is numb!

I feel sick

What happened to my tongue?

(Freak fluke of fortune

Wild genius of disguise

Mind the gap

Mind the blood)

I'm so glad I got that email telling me I won the Canadian Lottery

I don't remember buying a ticket

But hey

This is clearly my lucky day

And no-one, not even the temporary dental pain

Can take this streak away