The following poem is based on a true story.
Mites
Blood-colored pinpricks
Invisible and everywhere
Miniature mandibles puncture skin
Secrete salivary enzymes
Melt cells from the inside
Microscopic protein shake
Small craters emerge
Pus dripping
Wounds crusting
Scratching steals slumber
Flesh marred with claw drags
Fresh scars and small scabs
Incessant itching infinity
Joseph VanBuren 