Said I was suffering
from tootache
to get off going
to school
so they brought me to
the dentist
my lie
quaking before me
the dentist removing
the lie.
Such a fool I
now suffering from
truth-ache.
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More birthday greetings to Mum and little one.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/truthache-for-helen-imogen/