Poppy Seed War Scream

Smallest speck, but you're a giant in the dark,

Hiding in the crevice, leaving such a mark.

I felt you at the table, now I'm losing my mind,

The most stubborn enemy that I could ever find.

I’m prodding with my tongue, I'm twisting every way,

But you’re a ghost, a ninja, you’re here to stay.

A poppy seed? A husk? I don't know what you are,

But you're a tiny monster, and you've gone way too far.

Get out of my teeth! (Get out!)

Get out of my teeth! (Right now!)

I'm digging, I'm scraping, I'm reaching for the sink!

Get out of my teeth! Before I lose my ability to think!

You're lodged, you're stuck, you're a dental disaster!

I need to move faster, I need to move faster!

I’ve got the toothpick, it’s a tiny wooden spear,

I’m staring in the mirror, fueled by panic and by fear.

I tried the floss, I tried the water, tried the plastic strip,

But you’re holding on with some unholy kind of grip.

I’m biting on my cheek, I’m grinding on my jaw,

It’s the most intense warfare that the world has ever saw.

You’re laughing at my efforts, I can feel it in the gap,

You’ve fallen in the hollow and you’ve triggered the trap!

Get out of my teeth! (Get out!)

Get out of my teeth! (Right now!)

I'm digging, I'm scraping, I'm reaching for the sink!

Get out of my teeth! Before I lose my ability to think!

You're lodged, you're stuck, you're a dental disaster!

I need to move faster, I need to move faster!

Every second... it's a thousand years of pain...

I can't... I can't live... with this speck in my brain...

Just a little husk... just a little hull...

Why is it... inside... my skull?!

Get out of my teeth! Get out of my teeth!

You won't leave? Fine. We’ll both stay here forever.

Get. Out!