If you want easy money, lose teeth.
That’s what the myth of the tooth fairy
seemed to be saying to six year old me.
Was this a tale told to children to make
the first signs of aging more palatable,
the initial loss in a life history of losses,
the first chapter in the story of what the
body gives up for maturity to be gained.
At age six there is natural replacement
an impossible hope at age sixty five.
The tooth fairy sneaks in, a ninja at night,
rewarding loss which makes way for gain.
They say with age comes wisdom,
a euphonious way to say innocence
must be lost for wisdom to be gained.
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euphonious: beautiful sound, (Gk.) ‘eu’ = good i.e. eugenics & euphemism
and ‘phone’ = sound, voice i.e. telephone, saxophone