May 24th, 2006 by Atomictumor
Recently the AT family has been done in on all fronts by poison ivy. It started with Pigpen, who got into a patch while walking in the greenbelt with the preschool recently, and proceeded to get it all over himself. He was outdone in a big way, tho, by our own MastaG, who had it so bad on his ankles that faith healers were getting excited about the prospect of leprosy making a comeback. We ended up getting him to the doc last week, where he received steroid packs and whatnot, and is now on the mend.
GAC then got it on her neck, but not too bad (which is a friggin miracle, because she and MastaG share an affinity with breaking out in boils at the mention of poison). Even I, who rarely has any problem with the stuff, am now sporting a modest bit of the red stuff right underneat my eye, and between my index and bird finger on my left hand. Two of the best places for rashes, damn right I snatched them right up.
I think its an offensive on the part of the plant world. Perhaps the poison is retaliating (along with the damn chow dog in the neighbors yard behind us) over the introduction of bamboo in the back yard. That could be what it is, a mighty bamboo-poison ivy battle to the death. East meets west. I’ll buy it.