I rub like usual and get a splinter in my finger
I rip it out with my teeth
My finger doesn’t know that the splinter is gone
Even several days later
I nip at it with my teeth trying to remove the splinter
That isn’t there
Causing myself pain
And maybe making it harder for my finger to heal
I shouldn’t have rubbed the plank of wood with my finger
In the first place
I know better
But I wasn’t thinking
I never am.