Heatbumps, scratch, scratch and damn that louse <br />Nain and Taid grey and black have cold house <br />Bedroom smell wee, chamber pot, double bed <br />Its dark, its cold, bed wet, and full of dread <br />Wallpaper on the ceiling, patterns come and go <br />Sheets rough, mattress feathered, candle glow <br />Scratch, scratch, heat bumps, itch, and itch some more <br />Carpet wet, damp is rising in the corner by the door <br />Every visit heatbumps come, pink ointment to apply <br />Its the change, its the water, everyone tell lie <br />Scratch scratch, itch itch, tic toc went the clock <br />All night long an itch, a scratch a tic a toc <br />Lifetime shorter than the night you see <br />Body sore, itches, home is where I want to be <br />Holidays from school, so cruel, please kill that flea.<br /><br />Bob Blackwell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/heatbumps/
