My Itch

It started out as tiny as a half grain of sand.
An itch in my finger in my most leftist hand.
I scratched it and clawed it; now it is down to my knee.
This gigantic welt of an itch will be the death of me!
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Gauthier Avatar
May 27, 2021 at 7:40 PM
lovely rhyme ~
Krutsinger Avatar
May 28, 2021 at 10:54 AM
Thank you Line. I was in the rhyming mood.
Hankins Avatar
May 27, 2021 at 6:38 PM
Sounds like you need a shot of Benydril (?) I had an itch around one of my fingernails just like that one night. I couldn't get it to stop no matter what I did. It either went away or I went to sleep scratching.
Krutsinger Avatar
May 28, 2021 at 10:54 AM
I despise these little itches.
Bauer Avatar
May 27, 2021 at 1:57 PM
i know the feeling and totally empathize! hope it goes away, caren...
Krutsinger Avatar
May 28, 2021 at 10:55 AM
I should have been writing about the 13 woodticks on my back; I made this one up, but I was thinking about them. My prissy husband was screaming with anxiety as he removed them. Hard telling how many weeks they had been feeding off me.
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