I feel like a child
one that has chicken pox,
I might have to walk around
with my hands, inside socks.

I got an allergic reaction
to what? I don’t have the slightest clue,
I am itchy all over
what am I supposed to do?

I took showers and baths
but, they only work for so long,
I have to get something done
before something else goes wrong.

Why, just last night
I was in the bath,
trying to get rid of the itch,
I didn’t want to have.

I got out of the tub
after about thirty minutes or so,
I looked in the mirror
my top lip had grown.

What the hell
did I come into contact with?
First , I had blotches on my skin
and now, I have a fat lip.

Nothing like this
has ever happened to me before,
having an allergic reaction to something
has turned me into a real eyesore.

It must have been something
that was on that outside deck at the house,
I just sit here quietly in the corner
and cower like a little mouse.

Copyright Cynthia Jones
Mar.9/2006