Quirk

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It's a trait, a personality quirk

There's nothing special about
desperately trying to scrape the dirt

out from under my fingernails
from when I went out into the garden two days ago

Because I know what it might entail

AIDS, HIV, HepC and more

I scraped until my fingertips
bled and tore.

And even still the thought

Made my knee bounce and my eye twitch

It's not a personality trait

To have a scratch that you cannot ever itch

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