the department

of social services

typically

finds fault

with the children

so they take

the milk teeth

from their mouths

and make them

into rattles

to hold

over the children’s

heads

while they sleep

their dreams affected

by accumulations

of molars

eating their way

through

© Jennifer Wilson

Jennifer Wilson lives in Somerset, England, with her husband and spends her days as a faceless retail drone. Her work has or will appear in Molotov Cocktail, Awkward Mermaid, Anti Heroin Chic, Barren Magazine, Mojave Heart and Vamp Cat.