When itch comes to scratch
are we really so different
from one another?Are we? Tell me!
We each- reach for that raging spot
desperate to quiet its silent screams
scratching and moaning in sweet relief….as a satisfied mosquito continues with its day
©Vivian Zems
dVerse poets pub-Quadrille Monday- “Itch”-44 words
Smell The Coffee 
July 16, 2018 at 10:08 pm
Discomfort makes us all equals.
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July 17, 2018 at 8:29 am
Oh yes!
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July 16, 2018 at 10:45 pm
Lots of mosquitoes out here on the trail today; hard for me to smile at these malaria whores–but like your message.
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July 17, 2018 at 8:29 am
Thanks Glenn! Good to see you back after so long 🙂
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July 16, 2018 at 11:21 pm
Oh my god yes I can relate to the feeling. Fine write, Viv 💜
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July 17, 2018 at 8:29 am
Thanks Sanaa!
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July 16, 2018 at 11:27 pm
I think we are all the same- scratching after that mosquito bite ~ Hope it wasn’t too bad ~
Thanks for joining us ~
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July 17, 2018 at 8:29 am
Hi Grace- a pleasure to be back. Bites from that pesky creature are always irritating :0
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July 16, 2018 at 11:44 pm
I think this is great — the experience of those darn mosquitoes is certainly universal!
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July 17, 2018 at 8:28 am
Absolutely! Thanks Jo!
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July 16, 2018 at 11:59 pm
Fun write. I did mosquitos as well. Perfect for the summer.
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July 17, 2018 at 8:27 am
Thanks Toni! Yes, I noticed yours first after I posted and thought… they seem to be the first creatures to spring to mind when you think ‘itch’.
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July 17, 2018 at 12:04 am
Itching shows we are all the same.
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July 17, 2018 at 8:26 am
Indeed!
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July 17, 2018 at 12:46 am
Mosquitoes!!! It was my home state’s unofficial bird. The sound is as bad as the itch (similar to a dent– oh, sorry! was going to say dentist’s drill…). We are all the same when itch comes to scratch.
Great take on the prompt.
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July 17, 2018 at 8:26 am
Lol1 Thanks Charley 🙂
(i’m so used to dentist anaologies….tee hee!)
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July 17, 2018 at 2:23 am
Well, the little beasts seem to overlook my husband in favour of me – not fair.
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July 17, 2018 at 8:23 am
Ah! I’m familiar with that scenario- one of my kids is always a target…leaving the others relatively free. 🙂
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July 17, 2018 at 2:38 am
Couldn’t agree more — well said. Cockroaches and people vary by precious little.
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July 17, 2018 at 8:22 am
Lol!
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July 17, 2018 at 3:33 am
Reminds me of the Melloncamp song… Hurts so Good!
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July 17, 2018 at 8:22 am
Yes! That’s it!
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July 17, 2018 at 3:46 am
Consequence of a mosquito bite is that one gets to realize it when it is all over. But the scratching can be fulfilling!
Hank
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July 17, 2018 at 8:21 am
Lol! Absolutely.
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July 17, 2018 at 5:52 am
SAdly.. We are SoW uNlike
That Some Folks
greaTest
DeSire
is an itch
And much
Greater Pain Reap
For the Numb Without Love..
And to Understand that is A
Sympathy
For so
Many
‘DevilS in
Life Who
Are Truly Lost
Many through
the Reality of the
DArk that is just as Real as LoVE
on
the
other side
of the Opaque Window
to Heaven oN EartH WiTHiN..:)
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July 17, 2018 at 9:30 am
I know that feeling! Mosquitos or eczema, it’s horrible! I’ve found some good cream, though, that really calms the itch.
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July 17, 2018 at 7:12 pm
😊- it is!
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July 17, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Ah yes….all humanity and three-quarters of the animal kingdom all want to….and some dare to…scratch where it itches!😊
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July 17, 2018 at 7:11 pm
Absolutely..lol!
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July 17, 2018 at 7:12 pm
Indeed!😊
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July 17, 2018 at 3:23 pm
Great take Vivian! If I despise anything it’s a mosquito.
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July 17, 2018 at 7:11 pm
Thanks Linda! They’re horrible!
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July 18, 2018 at 1:53 am
Good one, Vivian! We all scratch our itches and bleed red.
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July 18, 2018 at 10:34 pm
Indeed we do!
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July 19, 2018 at 4:10 am
True on many levels…from the pesky mosquito bite to those itches we have in life.
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July 20, 2018 at 7:11 am
Indeed 😊
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July 19, 2018 at 7:12 pm
Bzzz Sluuurrp!
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July 19, 2018 at 9:00 pm
Lol!
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