Now Spit

The smell of burning teeth
was interrupted
by a metal pin
probing
through he soft
decaying
part of my tooth.
I tried to focus
on the blinding overhead light
as blood splattered
and mixed
with the chemicals and saliva
rolling
down my arm to the floor.
The ear-piercing screech
of the high-intensity
water canon
chipping away my enamel
seemed to vibrate my entire brain.