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I Am the Smile Whisperer

May 30, 2012
By nikja BRONZE, Plainview, New York
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i am the smile whisperer
well-versed in a language of
gap-toothed grins
mega-watt molars
and lipstick-stained pouts

i am the smile whisperer
able to decode smirks
like a DNA sequence
and known to judge people
on their sincerity
by the speed at which
they flash their incisors.

i am the smile whisperer
my talents are visual, not visceral
and the translations i make are purely inferential

you, my friend,
are hieroglyphics
that cannot be deciphered.

© Elizabeth H., San Bernardino, CA

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preppypinkchic said...
on Jun. 9 2012 at 9:57 pm
preppypinkchic, Plainview, New York
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WOW! 

i loved the biting realism