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JAMA. 2008;300(3):254.

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Reflecting regrettably on
My last words with you,
I am reminded by
The clicking in my jaw,
How great pain can be
Inflicted by such a small thing,
How so much of happiness
Can hinge on the motion
Of mandible or tongue,
How so much of joy can
Depend upon a seemingly
Insignificant articulation . . . 
Whether bone or word.

C. Scott Williams, MD
Huntsville, Alabama

Poetry and Medicine Section Editor: Charlene Breedlove, Associate Editor. Poems may be submitted to jamapoems@jama-archives.org.

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