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# The Real Reason
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-real-reason/
- Published: 2022-06-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Go on and flash your enigmatic smile. No teeth today? No, no, I understand. Those walrus dentures, they do take a while, and once you've had those, you tend to depend on chewability that simply can't be beaten. You m...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Go on and flash your enigmatic smile.  
No teeth today? No, no, I understand.  
Those walrus dentures, they do take a while,  
and once you've had those, you tend to depend  
on chewability that simply can't be beaten.  
You may have heard that I invented those.  
Without them, it's as if you haven't eaten.  
Don't have to tell me, I am one who knows.  
But still, what shall we tell your many fans?  
They surely will expect a proper portrait.  
Will they surmise the trouble at a glance?  
Or worse, assume you simply can't afford it?  
Eureka! We shall say that this is how  
you always smile. And they? They'll just say "wow!".