Wow, I can’t believe I carried this hunk of metal in my mouth for 11 years!

My tongue feels so weird, so light and unencumbered. And my mouth doesn’t make clicky clacky noises anymore either!

I’ll miss you, little toy I used to play with in my mouth. I’ll miss the ways I could pull you out and freak out all the good kids and my parents friends. I’ll miss all the times someone I just met started to categorize me as a certain type of person when they say the metal in my mouth. I’ll miss the random silly girls who were intrigued, and used is as a reason to throw game at me.

But most of all, I’ll miss it because it’s the last remnant of old teddy. The kid I once was, the sketchy, angry kid just trying to figure things out and getting in a lot of trouble along the way. Oh well. Time to grow up. I mean, I am in my 30’s after all.

Ouch.