{"id":2102,"date":"2026-07-09T12:33:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:34:30","slug":"great-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=2102","title":{"rendered":"Great White"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Petite Canadian strawberries<br>Heavy with juice <br>speckled with tiny seeds<br>This is why I don\u2019t have white teeth.<br><br>Turmeric breakfast cereal<br>with crunchy strips of fatty coconut<br>Golden flakes in sepia milk <br>Thickly coating my inner cheeks<br>This is why I don\u2019t have white teeth.<br><br>Fresh blackberries, <br>lush and speared on a bar stick<br>Swirling, bobbing in my frozen drink<br>Cloaking my throat with arctic sweet<br>This is why I don\u2019t have white teeth.<br><br>Arrabbiata, robust and rouge<br>Flavors unctuous, sauce slick<br>Pasta, achievement, at its peak <br>This is why I don\u2019t have white teeth.<br><br>Dutch-processed cocoa <br>bloomed hot and ready<br>Drizzled into brownie pan<br>Baked \u2019til set, fudgy bottoms, crisp shell<br>gobbled standing with restored beliefs,<br>This is why I don\u2019t have white teeth.<br><br>Curried Black Sea Bass <br>Swimming in wee tomatoes <br>What a dinner to tuck into, right?<br>Atop a bed of fragrant rice wreath<br>This is why I don\u2019t have white teeth.<br><br>A flight of berry red super Tuscans<br>Warmed in the Italian afternoon sun<br>Swirled and sipped and cherished <br>Alongside the creators of this ancient gift<br>Lift a glass; see claret up top <br>and burgundy beneath<br>This is why I don\u2019t have white teeth.<br><br>Minced garlic and ginger waft through the air<br>Black gold drizzles into marinade, thick soy<br>Sizzling oil to wok, then chili then beef<br>This is why I don\u2019t have white teeth.<br><br>A lifetime of joys, of culinary rapture<br>Super foods and green smoothies <br>and sacred blueberry pancakes<br>Spices and picos and acidic shrubs<br>Coke Floats and Pistachio creme.<br>Biting into life, seizing color and flavor<br>with both jaws engaged<br>can be undone by no amount of bleach;<br>This is why I don\u2019t have white teeth.<br><br>  <br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGreat White,\u201d an acknowledgement of stained teeth in the pursuit of biting into life&#8217;s joys, written Thursday, July 9, poem 190 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. 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