Girl of GOO

Poor little girl had so many teeth
She could fill a witch's brew
But noon-day one fell right out into her shoe

She bent down to get it, to place it in a silver box
But just as she did, she filled her mouth with more chocolate dots

Sometime later she stooped to get undressed,
just then another tooth popped out and oops, well she confessed:
'Maybe I'm filling my mouth too much
with gumdrops, jujubes and liquorice strings and such'

She began to laugh hysterically at her own words
As she passed the mirror this is what she had observed
The shocking reflection caused her to scream and stir
hear her own voice filled with horror

'My teeth, my teeth! ‘‘I had thousands of them
Now all I have left is one little gem"

Eating made her look like clacky the clown
"If I cannot chew how will it go down?"

Scared about what her friends might say
She lost the courage to simply pray

She often swung high on a swing all alone
nervous and jumpy and quite sugar prone

'How will I get my teeth put back?
'What ever shall I do with the one all black?

She smirked all tight showing her gums in full view
chewing long laces of terracotta goo

Squirrel-nut chocolate with icing on top
candy sticks with bubbles all a pop

So many teeth had she they'd of filled a sachet
those thousand gems turned into decay

Now she hid her face from everyone under the sun
She never did smile again, you see, all she had
were two pink gums