Check The Timing Belt, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter/X )

He stuck the needle
In my gums
Injected Novocaine
To make me numb

All I could see
Where the tool’s handles
As he twisted
Moving at all, I resisted

Occasional suction
The nurse insisted
Then that crack and crunch
Like the Tootsie pop when hitting the center.

Was he pulling spark plugs?
Where was this auto shop
Popping off that bottle cap
What is a 4 by 4?

I’ve never heard
Of that gauze before
Got his screwdriver
And went in for more

Push and turn
Grip and pull
On my lip
A string of drool

He lowers me down
Like a car on a lift
At the auto shop
At the end of his shift
(end)

Lots of people hate the dentist. I actually love it. I love the Novocaine, it makes me loopy like I am drunk. The needles barely affect me. The only really weird thing for me is hearing the teeth crunch like when you finally break the center of the Tootsie Pop.

All I could see during the process were the various tools, and the handles looked like screw drivers and needle nose pliers. And he lowered me up and down on the exam chair like I was a car on a lift.

There are different size gauze and they gave me what is called “4 by 4 gauze”. And I laughed, I thought she was going to Lowes Home Improvement.