SUNDAY POETRY: "ABOUT THE TEETH OF SHARKS"

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TANAKA Juuyoh (????), courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

ABOUT THE TEETH OF SHARKS

By John Ciardi

The thing about a shark is�teeth,

One row above, one row beneath.

Now take a close look. Do you find

It has another row behind?

Still closer�here, I�ll hold your hat:

Has it a third row behind that?

Now look in and...Look out! Oh my,

I�ll never know now! Well, goodbye.