First, came the palate expander, for her.
Then came the retainer, for her.
Then came the braces, for her and the palate expander, for him.
Then came the retainer, for him.
Now the braces are coming off, for her.
The retainer is done, for him.
The braces are going on, for him.
So many
metal mouth milestones.
schoolinspirations 
dogtrax said,
March 26, 2017 at 10:42 am
Then came the retainer.
So I empty my pockets
and hand you my coins,
the last remains of a life’s fortune,
as you pull me in close,
and whisper a fortune’s worth
of words.
–Kevin, lifting a line to write a poem as comment
jodimahoney said,
March 26, 2017 at 1:49 pm
This is lovely. Thank you for the creative and poignant response! I love it!
dianeandlynne said,
March 26, 2017 at 11:08 am
I love “metal mouth milestones.” The alliteration and the sentiment.
vanessaw2007 said,
March 26, 2017 at 12:38 pm
I especially love the last line of this slice and the alliteration. This does not sound fun!
caroline524 said,
March 27, 2017 at 3:18 am
I love how you listed the progression for each of them. It almost sounds like a race.
dogtrax said,
March 27, 2017 at 9:41 am
This morning, I wrote about lifting lines from SOL posts for poems. Thank you for inspiring some poetry. I hope I did your words justice.
http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2017/03/27/slice-of-life-day-27-lifting-lines-and-making-poems/
Kevin
jodimahoney said,
March 27, 2017 at 1:16 pm
Thank you so much Kevin! Thank you for making me part of your inspiration.