by Elise who never leaves generic comments
Member since:
December 15, 2007

beware of the poisonous things beneath your body....they'll get you!

January 10, 2009 11:18 PM UTC
views: 0 | comments: 13

Stupid things at Seventeen 

 

I remember lying in the forest grass

Poison oak kissing on my bare ass

Too much too little too late

I thought it was plain old leaves

My butt and legs met their fate

 

Days crept by

And I wanted to cry

Fingernails intact

I was an itching maniac

 

Wanting to wear pants

To cover my stupidness

Hot summer sun

Refusing to dim

Forced to wear shorts

I said to him

 

What were you thinking?

Didn't you know?

It was poison oak

As I scratched and poke

At my legs and butt

I felt like such a stupid nut.

 

If you're ever in the woods

And you want to lie down

Don't lie on anything green

Or brown

If you must lie then lie in the rocks

Or maybe in the dirt

 

Poison Oak is the worse

Like an evil curse

 Beware!

Comments: 13

Lin B. Jan 10, 2009, 11:25pm UTC
been there, done that...:>}Excellent word crafting
Lisa B. Jan 10, 2009, 11:31pm UTC
ph that would really suck.

You did a good job with this.
Elise who never leaves generic comments Jan 10, 2009, 11:39pm UTC
Thanks y'all! It was a miserable time, to say the least.
Solskin Iam Jan 10, 2009, 11:50pm UTC
reminds me of when sand fleas chewed up my butt...........explain that to your mother....lol
Elise who never leaves generic comments Jan 11, 2009, 12:07am UTC
lol@Soiskin! poor thing!
Elise who never leaves generic comments Jan 11, 2009, 12:07am UTC
I can always depend on Ruman to make me feel better. lol
Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. Jan 11, 2009, 4:53am UTC
OUCHY!

Luckily in my days of lying on green stuff or brown stuff, I have never been unlucky enough to lie on poison ivy or poison oak. Luckily. :o)
meg pattinson Jan 11, 2009, 11:51pm UTC
oh Elise ! haha.. that would be awful !
but thanks for the heads up ! i will remember this ! haha
Jean E. Jan 12, 2009, 9:39am UTC
on dirt or rocks ~ profound statement ~J
David P. Jan 12, 2009, 11:25am UTC
Poison oak or poison ivy must be awful! I was never into camping out and I never even went to camp, so I don't think I was ever exposed to this. I used to spend my summers, when growing up, going to the neighborhood park to play baseball, basketball, and football and spent lots of time at the Y downtown playing basketball and handball. I never had the desire to go to camp or to go camping, so I guess my chances of getting poison oak were pretty slim. It sounds very awful, Elise. Great poem, though!!
Elise who never leaves generic comments Jan 12, 2009, 11:50pm UTC
Lewis, where's your sense of adventure? lol

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