HEAVY LITTLE OBJECTS

#78 :: Wisdom Tooth

At one point about five years ago, the pain in my head grew so extreme that I paid a man to put a pair of extremely strong pliers into my mouth and rip this out of my skull. I don't recall how he braced my head. I don't remember what I said beforehand, or afterward. I do remember hearing and - despite the Novocain - feeling the hard "SNAP" of the roots breaking off a bit of bone from the floor of my sinuses as it came free. And there it sat on a bloodied bed of gauze. I gaped, pulling together my splintered wits. Two fillings stared back. He turned it over, and I saw the massive cavity that had prompted the pain and the extraction. I keep it around as a lesson for the kids. Their dentist says they do a great job brushing. I'm chewing gummis as I write this.