Last month, I started writing posts from prompts in the Writing Down the Bones Card Deck by Natalie Goldberg, shared with me by my friend Barb Edler of Iowa. I’m continuing this month so that I can experience the entire deck of prompts. Today’s prompt asks us to tell about teeth – – any story about teeth.
The Tooth Fairy’s Silver Box
somewhere in all the rubble lies a
tiny metal time capsule with
a tooth fairy’s pearled keepsakes
a sterling silver box
with bones of her bone
she could not bear
to toss out
way back
when
Common Threads 