Journal Article
Acnestis (Light; Spring, 2016)
Authors: Rob Jackson
Acnestis
This itch you cannot scratch is like a drug.
Unless you get it now youâll go berserk.
Thereâs no one here to offer you a hug.
This snorkel is too flexible to work.
If you had been a yoga-class fanatic,
You wouldnât need this piece of dry spaghetti.
It snaps, G*# d$*!, you stomp up to the attic,
But you canât find the box with the machete.
Your golf clubs? Nope. Divorce apocalypse.
She sold the chain saw and the last pool noodle.
You go bananas with your fingertips.
It could be worse. You could have been a poodle.
You grasp at straws, go mad as all hope fades,
Try anything, a periscope, trombone,
To reach that place between your shoulder blades,
The itch that you will never scratch alone.
Journal Name
Light
Publication Date
2016
DOI
Acnestis