The Itch You Can't Reach

[Phox]

Ever get an itch that you just can't reach? I have one right now. Right in the small of my back. Just so far away, in just the right spot. It's driving me nuts.

I tried using a pen. Didn't work.

I tried using my phone. Didn't work.

I tried using my keyboard. Didn't work.

I tried ignoring it, but even when I don't think about it, I can still feel it. Gnawing, itching, biting. MAking me feel like the world is a horrible place with horrible things that only ever want to cause you pain and irritation.

And then I tried screaming. I screamed and screamed. And I kept on screaming. The people around me must have thought I was insane. And they'd be right of course.

Then I tried to comfort myself, thinking "no matter how bad it is, it's going to go away. That itch can't last forever, can it? Nah, there's no such thing as a seven-year itch."

But then I just started laughing. Because I know that I didn't cause the itch. I know that I can't do anything about that itch. And I know that you have that itch, too.

I also know there's no such thing as a seven-year itch. I also know that it can't last forever. And I know that it will last long enough.

Maybe we can last long enough too.

Or maybe we can't.

Either way doesn't matter now, because the itch is here, and it's still out of reach. Have fun with your itch. And if you last, have fun when it's gone.

The last thing I know is after the itch is gone, we're going to wish that it was still here.

Doktor Phox,
Still laughing.

[Lies]

*scratches head*
Ah, that's better.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

My treacherous underlings left the coffee pot on, over the weekend.  When I came in this morning, there was this horrible tar in the bottom of the pot.

All the lighter liquid had boiled off, leaving only horror.

But it was good horror.  God help me, I drank it.  Now I can levitate.

I think the analogy is clear.

[Jenne]

Your last line before your signoff was very key, Phox.  Great rant!

[Placid Dingo]

I like it a lot but not sure about the use of the term 'seven year itch'. Removed from the original context it just niggles at me.

[Phox]

I like it a lot but not sure about the use of the term 'seven year itch'. Removed from the original context it just niggles at me.

It is used here to mean an itch that is impossible to get rid of. It's  also a colloquial name for scabies, if that's what you meant.

[Freeky]

I like it a lot but not sure about the use of the term 'seven year itch'. Removed from the original context it just niggles at me.

It is used here to mean an itch that is impossible to get rid of. It's  also a colloquial name for scabies, if that's what you meant.

Didn't know about the scabies, but I've heard it used as the time, around seven years, when one person, or both, in a couple (usually married) start thinking of splitting for whatever reason.

[Phox]

I like it a lot but not sure about the use of the term 'seven year itch'. Removed from the original context it just niggles at me.

It is used here to mean an itch that is impossible to get rid of. It's  also a colloquial name for scabies, if that's what you meant.

Didn't know about the scabies, but I've heard it used as the time, around seven years, when one person, or both, in a couple (usually married) start thinking of splitting for whatever reason.

It has a lot of meanings.

[Placid Dingo]

I like it a lot but not sure about the use of the term 'seven year itch'. Removed from the original context it just niggles at me.

It is used here to mean an itch that is impossible to get rid of. It's  also a colloquial name for scabies, if that's what you meant.

Didn't know about the scabies, but I've heard it used as the time, around seven years, when one person, or both, in a couple (usually married) start thinking of splitting for whatever reason.

This is the meaning that came to me, which caused a bit of confusion to me in an otherwise smoothy flowing prose.

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

I like it a lot but not sure about the use of the term 'seven year itch'. Removed from the original context it just niggles at me.

It is used here to mean an itch that is impossible to get rid of. It's  also a colloquial name for scabies, if that's what you meant.

Didn't know about the scabies, but I've heard it used as the time, around seven years, when one person, or both, in a couple (usually married) start thinking of splitting for whatever reason.

This is the meaning that came to me, which caused a bit of confusion to me in an otherwise smoothy flowing prose.

Me too.

[Phox]

That's the problem with using colloquial terms. They don't always translate. 

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

I like it a lot but not sure about the use of the term 'seven year itch'. Removed from the original context it just niggles at me.

It is used here to mean an itch that is impossible to get rid of. It's  also a colloquial name for scabies, if that's what you meant.

Where is "here"?

I've never heard it used that way.... It's been a popular phrase (referring to boredom in marriage) since at least the relevant Marilyn Monroe movie came out in the 50's.

[Phox]

Where is "here"?

I've never heard it used that way.... It's been a popular phrase (referring to boredom in marriage) since at least the relevant Marilyn Monroe movie came out in the 50's.

By "here" I meant in this piece.  "Here" as in where I live, it's not really a common phrase, at least not that I've heard. When it's used at all, it is generally in the context of scabies, or a period of restlessness in a longterm relationship, as you said. However, it's also been used to refer to problems that last longer than they should, or simply can't be fixed. A bit of an obscure usage, but that's how I write.