Plaque Attack

The foaming stick

enters

the deep, dark cave

boldly.

It moves

over and around

the pearly white soldiers

standing in a row.

The scent of 

mint

is pungent.

The pale yellow enemy

is scrubbed furiously

until it has been

subdued

for the day.

Then the stick

retreats to its

battlestation

while 

a flood of fluid

moves through the cave,

removing 

the final foamy traces

of battle.