Agony

Hitting your thumb with a hammer
Is liable to make you curse
But stubbing your unprotected toes
Is likely to make you swear even worse

You feel such a bloody idiot
For being so stupidly clumsy
As you moan and writhe on the floor
In unimagined agony

Until the pain has abated
To a level more tolerable
You are little more than a baby
Gibbering like a fool

When you’re feeling better
You examine each injured toe
Imagining the worst case scenario:
To hospital you’ll need to go

But there’s nothing wrong that a sock
Won’t conveniently hide
All that’s really hurting now
Is your bruised and battered pride!