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Dad Cut My Nails

way too short
and
now there’s this feeling
you know the one
that’s like scratching
sandpaper
with your teeth
or really more like
where your teeth
used to be.

Miss-takes Dad Cut My Nails Ari Martinez
Ari Martinez, 9
Long Island City, NY