{"id":159,"date":"2022-08-04T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/?post_type=chapter&p=159"},"modified":"2022-08-04T13:54:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:54:36","slug":"the-dentist","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/chapter\/the-dentist\/","title":{"raw":"The Dentist","rendered":"The Dentist"},"content":{"raw":"we are always late\r\n\r\nMom sometimes loses her keys or glasses\r\n\r\nor someone hasn\u2019t brushed their teeth\r\n\r\nor someone\u2019s clothes are in the dryer\r\n\r\nor we can\u2019t find our shoes\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nwe hop out at the entrance\r\n\r\nopening the heavy door\r\n\r\nto the fluoride and grindy metal smell\r\n\r\nand tell the ladies waiting at the desk\r\n\r\nthat our mom is still parking\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\neven though they already know\u2014\r\n\r\nit happens each year\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\none of the ladies\r\n\r\ncomes out of the hall\r\n\r\nand calls one of our names\r\n\r\nand we have to follow her\r\n\r\nand sit on the sticky leather chair\r\n\r\nwith the TV above\r\n\r\nand be asked if we brush and floss\r\n\r\nand which grade we\u2019re in\r\n\r\nand have to remember\r\n\r\nwhich flavours of fluoride\r\n\r\naren\u2019t grossest\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nwhen the dentist comes in\r\n\r\nI see his eyes above me\r\n\r\nand I can\u2019t respond to his questions\r\n\r\nas he places sharp metal in my mouth\r\n\r\nto make sure it\u2019s healthy\r\n\r\nhis face is covered in blue\r\n\r\nand friendly wrinkles\r\n\r\nand he pulls down his mask\r\n\r\nand calls Mom \u201cmom\u201d\r\n\r\neven though she\u2019s younger than him\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nit\u2019s the dentist\r\n\r\nbut at least it\u2019s just the dentist","rendered":"

we are always late<\/p>\n

Mom sometimes loses her keys or glasses<\/p>\n

or someone hasn\u2019t brushed their teeth<\/p>\n

or someone\u2019s clothes are in the dryer<\/p>\n

or we can\u2019t find our shoes<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

we hop out at the entrance<\/p>\n

opening the heavy door<\/p>\n

to the fluoride and grindy metal smell<\/p>\n

and tell the ladies waiting at the desk<\/p>\n

that our mom is still parking<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

even though they already know\u2014<\/p>\n

it happens each year<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

one of the ladies<\/p>\n

comes out of the hall<\/p>\n

and calls one of our names<\/p>\n

and we have to follow her<\/p>\n

and sit on the sticky leather chair<\/p>\n

with the TV above<\/p>\n

and be asked if we brush and floss<\/p>\n

and which grade we\u2019re in<\/p>\n

and have to remember<\/p>\n

which flavours of fluoride<\/p>\n

aren\u2019t grossest<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

when the dentist comes in<\/p>\n

I see his eyes above me<\/p>\n

and I can\u2019t respond to his questions<\/p>\n

as he places sharp metal in my mouth<\/p>\n

to make sure it\u2019s healthy<\/p>\n

his face is covered in blue<\/p>\n

and friendly wrinkles<\/p>\n

and he pulls down his mask<\/p>\n

and calls Mom \u201cmom\u201d<\/p>\n

even though she\u2019s younger than him<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

it\u2019s the dentist<\/p>\n

but at least it\u2019s just the dentist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"menu_order":11,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["madison-grounds"],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[76],"license":[],"class_list":["post-159","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-madison-grounds"],"part":21,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/159\/revisions\/161"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/21"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/159\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}