Sophia Wilson’s ‘Cutting Teeth’

from Sea Skins

days grow              rare
as hen’s teeth       they are getting their teeth
into the mountain       the weather sets
our teeth                  on edge politicians
bare their teeth        the employee receives
a kick in the teeth       animals are fed
up to the back teeth       a witness crawls in
by the skin of his teeth       clouds are dropping
their teeth                         the professor gives her
eye tooth                     kitchens are armed
to the teeth       the protest is long
in the tooth       the temple is
of the Tooth       trees grit
their teeth           infants fly
in the teeth            of danger the astronomer
gnashes her teeth       collectively the crowns
are broken               the boy
sows dragon’s teeth       they are pulling
polar teeth                   the guided tour sells
hell’s teeth                    the buildings lie
through their teeth       the children are up
to their teeth                      in it the quake takes
the bit between its teeth       debt sinks
its teeth                              into