Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Karius and Bactus

Karius and Bactus, we be

Tooth trolls that take up residence

In careless humans' teeth, and we

Love making decay we dispense.

Of course the humans help us out,

Eating lots of sugar foods that

Give us the incentive no doubt

To live well in teeth habitat.

And all the better if we get

Very few visits from those two,

The brush and rinse, which just upset

All of the bad work that we do.

We suffer the most dreadful fuss

When a dentist comes visit us.