Updates and itchies.

Well, I seem to be over the flu, and most of the viral rash has gone away, although it still itches from time to time. Like for hours. Not as bad as the hives, but I have scratched some long streaks into my skin without realizing it. I think it made the affected skin more delicate.

poem I wrote for a word of the day group I hang with (word was umbrage):

Umber -
raw,
brown,
the color of earth,
growth, hope.
burnt, red brown rage.
Umbrage,
the shadow hiding
unresolved issues,
smoldering,
until the heart it shadows
also takes the color
burnt.