When bedbugs bite
There is no fight
You keep sleeping
Right through the night
Morning finds you
Without a clue
Eating breakfast
Delicious too
Happy and gay
Without delay
You head outside
To run and play
No sooner than
You’re on your way
You feel a tingle
Itching… Hey!
Yes an itch
Is in your skin
You rub it just
As it begins
Delicate rubs
Like silky fins
That make you rub
And rub again
Initial rubs
Do not relieve
The burning pain
Beneath your sleeve
So you proceed to
Rub some more
But this time
Harder than before
Before you know
You’ve rubbed and rubbed
Then scratched until
Your skin turned sore
Good gosh your leg your arm your back
Itch so much you cannot keep track
You wonder if a tiny flea
Has made you itch in agony
You rub although
You cannot see
Bumpiness near
That piercing pain
That would somehow
Help you explain
Why this excruciating itch
Makes you scream in soprano pitch
Then—suddenly
Red spots appear
Atop your skin
Behind your ear
Under your shirt
Beneath your socks
You think you've
Caught the chicken pocks
What happens is
I must tell you
Bedbugs bite while
You're in a snooze
In this vile way
You do not see
The trail of bugs
Crawling on you
But that's not all
You see—those pests
Do something you
Might never guess
They numb you so
You will not feel
Their pinches and
To keep you still
That's right
Those sneaky little bugs
Have tricks to keep
You guessing how
One sec your skin
Looks and feels fine
The next—blotches!
That blow your mind!
February 11, 2011
© by R. Renée Bembry
MyStoriesAndPoems.com
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