It started like this

It started like this
with two toothbrushes in a cup
and he deciding tonight
to brush his teeth with her toothbrush

And why he had ever thought
she had used his
to clean the toilet bowl with
we can only guess

And why
she had infact
used her own
we can only wonder



© Jan Noble 2008



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