Tell myself I’m going to do it the right way and let it fall off by itself.
Then I start scraping the detached crust around the healed edges, telling myself that I’m keeping the neighborhood clean and being a responsible scab citizen.
Then I say “fuck it” and rip the scab off because I think it’ll feel pretty good even though it hurts.
Then it feels pretty fucking good even though it hurts.
Then I tell myself that next time I’m totally going to let it fall off by itself.