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The Itch

If your hands get wet

in the washing-up water,

if they get covered in flour,

if you get grease or oil

all over your fingers,

if they land up in the mud,

Wet grit, paint, or glue..

Have you noticed

it's just then

that you always get

a terrible itch

just inside your nose?

And you can try to

twitch your nose,

twist your nose,

scratch it with your arm,

scrape your nose on

your shoulder

or press it

up against the wall,

but it's no good.

You can't get rid of

the itch.

It drives you so mad

you just have to let a

finger get at it.

And before you know

you've done it

you've wiped a load of glue,

or oil,

or cold wet pastry

all over the end of your nose.

Michael Rosen