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Crystal A J Caron	When I scratch behind her ear, I am left with one more...	Rate it (5.00 / 4 votes)
In My Higgsy Element Ludy Bührs	pulse that sets a nil in motion And from scratch with some devotion a whole new future might arise that builds me up and...	Rate it (5.00 / 4 votes)
A FREE KA Hubbs	Scratch heads writing in lies, scratch heads writhing in lice and venereal infections Whilst ink...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
Lancelot And Elaine Alfred Lord Tennyson	And every scratch a lance had made upon it, Conjecturing when and where: this cut is fresh; That ten years...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
My dog Crystal. Dianejean57	When I scratch behind her...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
Scars Charmane Joy Belleza	Let's not scratch it over and over again, Endure it and let time help ease the...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
the harder you try Charles Bukowski	being able to scratch yourself and be nonchalant is victory...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
FUNNY HOW mad hippie poet	I scratch my head, rub my ass, and tell myself how those things did not last, and that's why they...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Goblin Market Christina Rossetti	”— They began to scratch their pates, No longer wagging, purring, But visibly demurring, Grunting and...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Happy Accidents Brian Oliveri	from scratch using your smarts frustrations, processes of wrong learning curves sharp and often...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
I Cut (MAJOR TW for self-injury) Gracie Miller	I scratch, I’ve bled like this...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Jitters Sage McClure	And I’ll get a bad itch And I’ll scratch at my skin Till it turns green as a witch And I’ll take long deep breaths That will dry out...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Laughing Boys Kennet Benoît-Hutchins	who flirt and walk a smile, original bite-and-scratch toys, who mock you with their guile. they haunt the fringes of law, this flock of beatified...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Metropolis Joe Strickland	I stare up at towering buildings That scratch the sky above The grandeur of it all Leaves me feeling small I pass by street performers ...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
My Immortal Love Hilary Uhl	I scratch it raw I would rend the flesh from my...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Pain Terence Cummings-Smith	I resist the urge to scratch it, father time gives me my only...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Poison Gabriel Patnode	never existed now that you scream about every scratch I left on you You still say my touch was poison, you say all I did was forget and destroy but...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
she cries alone odonko- ba	fight back she would scratch out his eyes and rip out his tongue that filthy slimy thing she would feed to sam he would...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Something For Gregg Kurt Philip Behm	sleeping on the bench I scratch your words into the wood, last dollar gone and...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Caves Simplicio	Unable to scratch and...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Eagle Who Thought He Was A Chicken Jennifer Dziema	I'd tell them, "I'm meant to cluck and scratch" I should stay here at the bottom, where I'm safe and can not crash Another day would go...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
UNTITLED (DEC '23) Nicodemus	Restless nights spent contemplating starting from scratch New day, new night, new me, new life Bending reality at a whim; not my doing I do...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Urban Parasite Lisa Chimento	I am motionless while planning my escape Scratch scratch scurry scurry I have been invaded I am not...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
WHERE DO I DRINK FROM? mad hippie poet	reality answering the itch that I continue to scratch while asking the question, where do I drink from will my thirst, at last, be...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
I am not afraid of the dark Kaytee	Ghosts that scratch at windows And threaten to steal you in the night Eerie figures looming for devilish...	Rate it (4.80 / 5 votes)

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