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Jaw Gets Sore

Janet Kuypers
5/5/12
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part of the job
is turning on the charm
and falling in love
with every baby that passes,
that the jaw gets sore.
it takes fourteen more
muscles to smile than frown,
and this smiling thing
is really getting painful.

Jaw Gets Sore
(poetry with no spaces)

Janet Kuypers
“two tweets” twitter-length poem 5/5/12
partofthejob
isturningonthecharm
andfallinginlove
witheverybabythatpasses,
thatthejawgetssore.
ittakesfourteenmore
musclestosmilethanfrown,
andthissmilingthing
isreallygettingpainful.


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