Jethro's Teeth

When Jethro was a little boy he never brushed his teeth

He ate chocolate and ice cream, hot fudge and hard candy

He drank milkshakes and cola..(some call it pop, some call it soda)

He ate the caramel around apples and the frosting off cake and as he got older the candy would take

his teeth out of his gums the taffy would carry

His bicuspids his molars, he began to look scary

His canines came out, his incisors did too

He was down to three teeth and then just the two

You would think that a boy with just two teeth

Would care for them both and watch what he eats

But not Jethro, he still refused to brush

Till one day his teeth said, "we've had enough."

Tooth 1 said, "I'm leaving," to tooth number 2

Tooth 2 said, "wait up cause I'm coming too."

They jumped out of his mouth and ran for the door

They no longer lived in his mouth anymore

Tooth 1 and tooth 2 opened up a small store where they sold dental floss, wooden teeth and much more

They opened a shop down in Ft. Myers Beach

Where they sold wooden teeth to the retirees

They worked all week long and played golf on the weekends

They played cards with their neighbors

And made many-new-good friends

The years passed them by and though they were happy

They wondered what became of that boy that ate taffy?

"That boy who never brushed what happened to him," tooth 1 asked tooth 2, sincerely concerned.

"I do not know," tooth 2 said to his friend

But I do know I'm tired and I'm ready for bed

Five years went by till one day it happened

There entered a man to the store that looked frightened

"Do you remember me?" Asked the man to the teeth

"I was the boy that you decided to leave"

I've come here today to say that I'm sorry

I shouldn't have treated you both so poorly

They all hugged and laughed and played cards till dawn

The man moved in with them and helped with the lawn

And though Jethro had no teeth in his mouth he now lived with the teeth that years ago had moved out.