Wisdom Tooth Extraction

[Brownlie]

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Only that which rose above or stood out starkly
could be seen in the evaporating mist.  Hasn't mist already evaporated? It's a little like "melting water".
An oak swayed gently and unladen,
decades older than I had imagined, I like this image "unladen" is a great word, and I agree about chopping magnificent.
and magnificent.

The cavernous tooth was chiseled out and placed into a pan.
The first bloody gauze looked like a pouch of nicotine. I don't know what a pouch of nicotine is, so this simile falls a little flat for me - I can't picture it. Is it a pouch of chewing tobacco?

Sunday ended like a dung beatles heap,  How does a dung beatles heap end?
but with a steady, broken sibilance or rattling at 2 a.m.,
the rain had almost hushed uncertainties,
save the spasmodic grating of a rusted iron gate. I like the wordiness of this last line, and I don't usually like wordiness (I don't really like the second line because of it). 

Declaring sick leave,
a couple days slid into chrysalis and died. I like the ending.

Thanks for the read, I think the title might be a little punchier if you change the title to simply "tooth extraction". To me, "tooth extraction" gives me more of a punch in the gut (or jaw) sensation than "wisdom tooth extraction".

some good points here. evaporating mist would be a good name for a knock off soda(i.e. mountain thunder).