Hands off the keyboard and clasp them in front of you tightly
for we now step into the dark, seedy and ichily secretive worlde of Lice
AND even as i speak these words to you
your hand will be raised to involuntarily scratch your scalp
As it is inevitable my Dear ones...
such is the power of The Louse!
...and so picture a woman TORMENTED!!! for just as Lady Macbeth
do i wonder the house ranting at my waving hands
in desperation and as my sanity and composure crumbles
i become the perfect picture of mental and physical condition deteriorating...
wracked with the guilt over my inability to save my family from this
...Damned Blight!
Once upon a time, in a quiet little cottage, in the lush green hills
such a creature was unknown... in the physical sense
but just below the surface of such tranquility
(as in all good stories)
there lay a fear, a deep unspoken fear
that surfaced only in sleep, with delirious visions
and habits of restless sleepwalking
and nightmares!!!...
Of tiny creetures barely visible to the naked eye
insidious and evil little beggars
that were waiting,
always waiting...
and wishing (so they say)
for that slight of hand, that absent touch...
for that small moment of quiet ambush
for the Curse to be Bestowed!
Most of my children be unscathed
sayth she, when she speaketh in whispers to other folke
of such unspoken things...
until one fateful day, the youngest of her children
the happiest and most tactile of her brood
the very Light of her Life
began to.... ITCH!!!
And so on it goes...
the damned Universal tale
the commonplace and yet still...
(even though 'they' can get a man on the moon and yet 'they' still can't find a cure for the bludy teeniest of blights!!!!!!!!)
...unending journey
of the long and loathsome and tiresome battle
against 'The Unseen'
against the surreptitious
and the lousiest
(so THAT's where that word came from!)
...battle of the LOUSE!
And YES!!! Dear friends
i have tried EVERY conventional AND unconventional poison on the market!
and now curse myself for such naive folly and buffoonery...
For such a cure i KNOW does not exist!
And how do i know of such things???
For i have instead spent hours...
days, months and yes my friends even YEARS!!!
on this so called tiny little problem...
i have nit-picked for hours on-end until my back aches
and my child cries for reprieve
i have used heat (dangerously close to burning scalp!)
i have dyed hair and cut hair and last night as i raged against the machine
and used MAYONNAISE and then VINEGAR (as a wash)
so MAD have i become! (A website told me to!)
(i will let you know how THAT one goes!)
And yet as the Mysteries of this Worlde will Be
this circumstance that has caused me to sit with my child
day in day out...
and hear the tired tales of her day
It comes to me in surprised fashion that i also hear
unexpected secrets spoken
and learn of unspoken inner turmoils
i hear stories of untold woes of the Spirit
and secret battles and tears
And so as this tale unfolds to me
and because of this time spent engaged in this little war
with these nearly invisible beasties
Yet i realize that i was infact not in battle myself
but actually set to bear~witness to a small Life of Heart Tales
and deepest Soul stories
of the most Sacred kind
And so i kneel and Thank the Lord for His most clever and Mysterious ways
and the creatures he creates to be in Service to me
<3
9 comments:
Yikes! I have never(knock on wood)had these creatures in my hair and I hope I never do :-). Good luck darling Vicki!
xoxo
Wow, Nolly Posh, I was going to bring someone brand new to blogging and show her your site as an example of excellence in posting. She is a Mom too, I'm sure she would relate, but the spin off to Sweetmango from Lice just doesn't segue like it should. I'll get you the name of the stuff we use here in the states.
It is frightening and once a year we throw the kids into a tizzy because one parent reports it and Oh yeah wasn't there a sleep over someones house and isn't that where she got it. Now all the girls have to shampoo with that special Lice shampoo. Its Midnight here, so Ican't recall the name of it but I'll blog back I promise.
Sincerely,
The Tusk
hello... hapi blogging... have a nice day! just visiting here....
Dear Nolly Posh.
The system we use here in America is RID. You can find it at www.ridlice.com I personally reccomend it. There is even a sidebar where you can submit your own Rid Lice story.
Sincerely,
your fan an avid believer of Fairies.
Have you read any Andrew Lang?
Thanks Annie X:-)
Tusk, Thankyou for the hint and no i haven't read any Andrew Lang but have just found his free on-line books so thanks heaps for that! X:-)
WTF?!
poor poor you and family.
i've been there. like tusk, i've used RID and it works. might take two treatments, and of course washing every damn thing in the household, but if it worked for tusk and me, it should for you.
i hate them. HATE!
you i love
:)
kj *kissez* <3
Hello! Nice to find another Aussie crafty blogger. :)
I remember my little sister had lice when she was in school and my Mum went MAD trying to get rid of them - even to the extent of washing her hair with watered down kerosene! She found a natural foam at the health food store (I can't remember what it's called - but it's all natural - I think it has Neem in it.) And it worked within a couple of washes. I'm pretty sure they would still have it. It's a foam that pumps out of a bottle. Hope this helps! :)
that picture of a head lice is just disgusting. i think you should put it down, anyway. good luck in getting rid of them
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