Katie Eleanor

You note that tooth extractions are one of the oldest surgical operations, and that The Stitch is a universal language shared across cultures and histories. 

Inside the left (sinister) cabinet you see: a pelican for four different teeth sizes, forceps sized for children, a dental key with interchangeable claws, an apple scoop of sheep (sleep) bone, an oval mirror, a double-ended golden pick, instruments for preparing cavities, instruments for the removal of salivary calculus, and an upper denture with porcelain gum.

‘Where are these little beasts? Show them to us!’ The relic horn of a unicorn is often just a tooth.

My teeth are the thick fortress wall to my perfectly preserved inner sanctum. I start by blending mint into yogurt, nectarines into yogurt, parasitic faerie redberries into yogurt, and by the summer I refuse to use my teeth.