Twisting turning sunshine burning br Blistered back and never learning br Had a notion using lotion br Could have saved so much commotion br br Calamine used like distemper br Couldn’t ease unwanted temper br Tried to sit couldn’t sleep br Twisting turning burns so deep br br In the morning brothers, sisters br Scratching at big angry blisters br Calamine put on in dabs br Turning blisters into scabs br br Putting on a clean white shirt br Can’t complain how much it hurt br Painful itching had to scratch br Bleeding scab left bloody patch br br Swearing oaths we each had learnt br Come next year to not get burnt br Summer ends by late September br And come next year we’ll not remember br br br © 2008 David Threadgold br Rambling Riddles