A Dentist and a Manicurist

Ed Riederich 1974 (United States)

January 23 


A dentist and manicurist married
They fought tooth and nail
The weirdest part of it all
Is the dentist worked by braille 

See the dentist was blind 
And the manicurist smelled foul
But it just blows my mind
How the dentist did root canals

Sometimes when he numbed patients
The needle pierced their tongue
Sometimes you would hear screams
From patients that were very young
 
But overall the dentist did ok
In his cool dark sunglasses 
But people started staying away
From this blind dentist in masses
 
Maybe that is why this marriage 
Did not continue or endure 
The manicurist took one step ahead
Living pretty well on pedicures
 
The blind dentist went under
He took time off and took a trip
What's crazy is when he came back 
He became captain of a cruise ship

Somehow he steered a cruise ship
Somehow he did not fail
It really blows my mind
How good he was at braille 
Font size:
Collection  PDF     
 

Written on January 11, 2023

Submitted by What_Ed_Said on January 11, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

49 sec read
44

Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BXBX XCXC DXDX XXXX XEXE EABA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 886
Words 164
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 19, 4

Discuss the poem A Dentist and a Manicurist with the community...

0 Comments

    Translation

    Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "A Dentist and a Manicurist" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/150241/a-dentist-and-a-manicurist>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    April 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    5
    days
    11
    hours
    2
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    From Ralph Waldo Emerson’s The Test, “Sunshine cannot _____ the snow, Nor time unmake what poets know.
    A beseech
    B bleach
    C leach
    D reach