FIRST-DEGREE.

a contact with a hot surface
made nerve endings agonize in pain
and rush to ask for help from the brain.

with the quick retreat of the left hand, came the heed of stupidity.
who in their right mind would touch the handle of a certain metallic
kitchen utensil, such as the skillet, with their bare hands?

at first it was three, three fingers suffering because of my oafishness.
but thanks to Colgate, Petroleum Jelly and Close-up combined,
it reduced to one: the left thumb. now with a presence of a whitish thing.

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MORAL LESSON:

Thou shalt not touch a conductor exposed to a very high temperature.