Not that finger

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Oh, pardon me, yes, you right there,

upon the curb you linger

I wonder if you wouldn’t mind

to share with me a finger

 

For this you see, the strangest place,

there is a spot that’s itching

I’ve tried to reach, with no success,

my shoulder blade is twitching

 

I used a tree, a street light post,

a wall with cedar thatching

A picket fence, a garden rake,

but none were good at scratching

 

It’s really bad, it feels as though,

one hundred fleas are dancing

A hummingbird, a centipede

beneath my shirt romancing

 

I’ve tried, I swear, I’ve done my best

but now I’m recognizing

it will not end, not on its own

and it’s so agonizing

 

So, if you would, please help me out,

into my back start ripping

Hey that’s not nice, your finger choice,

at me you now are flipping

 

 

(Geez, some people!)

Author's Note

Hey, I'm a bird lover but that wasn't nice. : )

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Oh my when you get an itch that needs scratching:) There’s helpful and then there isn’t :) A fun write will. You know as soon as an itch comes into the conversation, I think I’ve got one. I swear they are contagious.

Chris

[willweb]

Thank you my friend. Hoping it is only an imaginary itch. : )

[Red Brick Keshner]

A helpful finger if thus needed is quite a relief and this applies to life as it does to poetry, scratching that poetic itch which at times is assuaged by the quill both of one's own or of others'.

[willweb]

Thanks for coming by to read my friend.

[Dave Brown]

the medical field might be of assistance
if they could switch you front to back it would be easier to control that itch attack
OR
a shotgun would do it for sure
just sayin

[willweb]

Wow!!!! Damn, remind me not to ask you for help if I have an itch.

[Dave Brown]

gotta admit it would work

[willweb]

Never have an itch again! : )

[Dave Brown]

✔️ .

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

If you have wooden door frames with a groove better still use that
my partner does it drives me bats
Anyway enjoyed your little finger poem and Have you tried a backscratcher from the dollar shops lol
Anyway enjoyed made someone like me smile I woke at 4 with not a back itch but back and leg pain old age lol

[willweb]

Thanks so much Julie. Just having a bit of poetic fun

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Yes
We love fun

[Re-Pete]

now that's some itch. we usually get what we deserve. not all birds live in cages ... :)

[willweb]

Thanks my friend. : )

[Vol]

WW
Hahahaha! Move over Ogden Nash!
Vol

[willweb]

Thanks so much. : )