Mouthwash

I don’t know why
they make mouthwash so
strong so searing
it cauterized my tongue
after a mere thirty-second
   contact
leaving behind a tongue
so numbed I didn’t feel
I had one -
the same way
I didn’t know why
yours was a love so
ferocious so intense
it numbed my heart
a mere thirty seconds after
   you left
so entirely I don’t feel
I have one.