At first
It was just a scratch.
You dismissed it,
lacking importance as it was.
Later,
It became a real wound,
One inch deep into the flesh.
You were too distracted to feel the pain -
my pain.
Now the wound is infected,
red, swollen, hot.
At the slightest touch, it releases PUS.
You are squirmish about dead tissue.
Bacteria and blood serum are not your type of thing.
Next stage is gangrene.
Then, to deal with it,
we will have to
amputate.
