No fingerprints,
No eye-witnesses.
What’s left to decipher,
a record of dental imprints.
After-hours, careful forensics,
the x-ray of a serial killer’s bite,
white light beneath it.
Not so different from the white sheets
covering body parts left and right.
Common cavities,
Missing fillings.
Indents are the way
we make sense of carnage.
Use the pattern
to reconstruct the jaw,
the face.
Lead enough
to turn predator to prey.
©2023 | K.F. Hartless
Art Credit: Ryan
Yard Sale of Thoughts 
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