Christina lives with her husband and two teenagers. She is a volunteer with 826LA where she helps kids write their college essays. Her essays have appeared in Salon, Angels Flight Literary West, The Broken City, Proximity’s blog, True and Entropy. My teeth are no longer rotting out of my head.Ĭhristina Simon is the nonfiction editor for Angels Flight Literary West. My smile shows no longer shows gold, I have a hand to hold. In about five weeks, the permanent crown is ready and he cements it firmly in place. He pulls up on a Harley, in a black leather jacket. because my temporary crown has fallen off. On a Saturday morning a few months later, I text Dr. gives me his cell phone in case I need to reach him. With the IV in my arm, I drift off to sleep, babbling that I miss my mama. The staff hover around me as if I’m a celebrity. Someone hands me headphones and I turn on Aretha Franklin. I take the tiny blue pill with water from a paper cup. My work will total about the same, only it will be invisible to everyone except me. I think of rappers like ASAP Rocky and Lil’ Wayne, whose grills dazzle their mouths with diamonds and gold, showpieces that are estimated to cost $150,000 each. At this point in my life, I am able to pay for an almost complete makeover of my mouth. I’ve never heard of this type of concierge practice, but my friend insists “ he’s the best, worth every penny.” It turns out concierge medicine-no insurance accepted-will become a popular trend for the privileged few who can afford it. He’s a referral-only dentist who doesn’t accept insurance. G’s office is in a fancy part of Los Angeles. Not just any dentist, he’s the cousin of Bob Dylan. I don’t go back.Ī friend recommends her dentist. Lauryn Hill, FKA twigs, Kid Cudi, Dev Hynes, Skepta, Playboi Carti, French Montana, and more. I also need a dental implant with a sinus lift, an extraction, several root canals and crown replacements. ASAP Rocky just dropped his new album Testing today The project features appearances from Frank Ocean, Ms. The missing bottom tooth from 1984 must be replaced with a bridge. Big tears roll down the sides of my face, wet drops pelting my bare arms. After an appointment with a dentist who specializes in complicated cases, I get bad news. When I smile, my boyfriend reminds me I’m missing a tooth. I hear what sounds like bone crunching on bone as he wrangles the tooth out of my jaw. I don’t have insurance, so I negotiate a monthly payment plan. I’m in college and I can’t afford anesthesia. is young, probably just out of dental school. It’s perfectly round so I admire its shape. Dr. It feels odd when my tongue touches it, but it doesn’t hurt. I notice a bottom molar has a pus filled lesion on the side of my gum. When the blood stops flowing the heart ceases to pump. The vena cava is a large vein that delivers de-oxygenated blood to the heart. I open my high school biology textbook to study for a test.
![cloudyfiles m4a asap rocky testing cloudyfiles m4a asap rocky testing](https://geo-media.beatport.com/image_size/1400x1400/3f051130-1fcd-454e-a528-ca12e9cf986c.jpg)
I feel the urge to put my hands around his neck and squeeze with all my strength, until his eyes bulge. He leaves the room. “ It is your mother’s wish,” my dad tells us. Along with holistic healers, my younger sister and I, together with our dad, are all she has. I am afraid to leave her side because she has refused medical care, insisting she does not believe in doctors. Her teeth are gray, please don’t go, I pray.
#CLOUDYFILES M4A ASAP ROCKY TESTING SKIN#
Her once dark brown skin is mottled, like gray mold, her afro is unkempt. She cannot see, move or speak, blinded by cancer that began five years earlier in her breast, then attacked her spine, brain, and voice box. She stares at the ceiling in her bedroom. The dentist slaps me hard across the face. Up, out of the chair I go but the petite hygienist leans on me with all her weight. I can’t tolerate the pain of my throbbing tooth or the shock of a strange man reaching into my mouth with needles poised to shoot into my gums. I’ve been at the dentist’s office for hours. I say nothing but I give my mom a look that says, “ Who’s the idiot who thought clove oil would fix cavities.” My mother, a non-believer in Western medicine, looks shocked. “Twenty-two cavities,” says the dentist sternly at my first visit ever. Skepta) ĪSAP Rocky – Black Tux White Collar (Ft.My teeth are rotting out of my head. It’s executive produced by A$AP Rocky and co-executive produced by Hector Delgado, Juicy J, Chace Johnson, and AWGE.ĪSAP Rocky – Praise The Lord (Ft. ASAP Rocky just dropped his new album Testing today! The project features appearances from Frank Ocean, Ms.