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Chiggers
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~~~~when you dare to adventure you pick up much that is undesirable~~~~

I flow today...to you
as I recover

from the invaders of my body
who would steal from me
the moments of my day

battling the redbugs
the chiggers
who laid wait upon me
as I trudged through the planet

burrowing deep within me

chiggers...’neath my skin
chiggers...deep within
chiggers...feasting on me
chiggers...tasting my goodness

my strength
my oxygenated blood

sucking the plasma from me
ahhhhh...life
and its many chiggers

tapping into the root of what is light
tasting my soul
drinking from it...from me
to take it from me...to leave less for me

chiggers
demons...knaves all
time thieves
of our love feasts

taking out diluted Clorox
I douse the world
rub it across the body of the whole world
my whole world

freeing it of chiggers
savoring my moments
eating my feasts
romping through the gardens and forests
free from the bite of those demons


 


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Reviewed on March 2, 2004
(((eddie)))

OW this made me cringe...i've had encounters with those awful pests...the worst was when i worked with the boy scouts one year at camp? 67 chigger bites on my legs alone--drove me INSANE

get some clear nail polish, and paint them little buggers--that's what helped me

hope you feel better

(((HUGS))) and love, karla. :(

Reviewed by Gaye Dale (Reader)
Reviewed on March 1, 2004
Eeeeeeuuuuuwwww, Eddie!
Never heard of them (had to look it up in the dictionery!) Sounds awful! Though there was something vaguely reminiscent... um... oh yes... my children! LOLOLOLOLOL Just kidding! :-)

Reviewed by No Longer Member (Reader)
Reviewed on March 1, 2004
I was itching for a good poem

Reviewed on March 1, 2004
ouch! sounds painful; my twin sister had chiggers once, and she was NOT happy! Hope you feel better soon! good write about a nasty problem!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in tx., karen lynn. :(

hope I never get chigger bites; right now i am battling a mild case of the hives; but they have me itchin'! NOT fun! :(

Reviewed by Linda RainbowQueen (Reader)
Reviewed on March 1, 2004
This was an indepth write, well done. Imagery was great, as was the flow. Interesting read, and enjoyed.


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