A River Of Stones: Stone Number Fifteen

Why did I do that? Why did I poke the glossy brown, plastic-covered end of that hairslide into my ear? I know what happens every time, I end up deaf. I wonder why I do it and why it makes me deaf. Maybe there are times in my life when I don't need to hear what's going on outside. Why do you need to go outside when you have an ocean already in your head?