That itch



If you have an itch you don't dare scratch,It'll sure give you a fit.
Let's just say, you're in a crowd,and the itch is where you sit.
 Wiggle your fanny,then squirm a mite but then you give up the fight.
You reach around and scratch,Oh, it feels so good.
If you had asked me,I'd have said, you should
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 297
Words 63
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

jack griner

I was raised in Cedar Rapids,Iowa,and served my country in the Pacific during W.W.2. I receved a Purple Heart and two commendations.I met my wife of 59 years at a church beach party.I lost her and had to do somthing,to overcome lonelyness.I continued the writing she kept encouraging to do.There are nine books in print,all poetry. more…

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