he sits at a workbench, an array of tools before him. first he takes the pliers and carefully, one by one, removes each fingernail and sets them aside. he then takes the hammer and smashes his teeth out, enameled bits set aside. picking up the sheet metal clippers, he sticks his tongue out, cuts it off into fours, sets the wet bits aside. with the box cutter, he removes his eyelids. all in one pile. careful not to spit out or bleed on the bench, he gathers all the pieces into the palms of his hands. chews and chokes until he swallows them all.