Tooth_Gap

Open wide says the dentist. 

My teeth don’t shut. 

Aren’t I always opening wide?

Mind the gap. 

I wonder when was the last time they touched? Do they miss each other? 

Maybe that’s why my jaw hurts.

I am a human yet also postbox.

I bite through a sandwich. 

The ham slips away, flopping limply between my teeth, taunting my tongue with a taste, as the bread is scraped away.

Post a letter through my teeth. 

(Or perhaps a slice of ham)

What does the tooth fairy do with all the teeth?  

Does she live in a house made of teeth? 

I do think so. 

Everything is made of teeth, and that’s why she needs so many. 

I have a box full of strangers’ teeth. Casts of unwilling smiles, frozen in time, used to make my abode.

That is quite sinister really. 

Abject I’m told. 

A whole house made of teeth.

My bed is an open mouth, 

ready to swallow dreams and nightmares whole.

Open wide (2026)

Mixed media (dental casts, denture plates, metal frame, bedsheets, fabric, stuffing)

126 x 137 x 124 cm

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