The Woeful Itch

Posted on March 24, 2006 in Body Language

….comes in the night, usually warm nights, when I can’t sleep. It attacks the back of my knees — the crease of the legs where the thighs fold in upon the calves. No amount of scratching or anti-itch cream soothes it. I do not know what causes it. The thought of it alone causes me to reach there, to tug at the skin, and whine about the unsolveable irritation.