Just So NOT FRESH

So NOT CLEAN

“Ain’t nobody as stench as me — I’m just so NOT FRESH, and so NOT CLEAN.”

It’s time my favorite duo, Outkast, tag in for the circus. Here I sit, marinating in my own limited-edition stench, packaging it up like a holiday candle no one asked for.

“I love when you sniff, then scatter away from me — I’m just so NOT FRESH, and so NOT CLEAN.”

Even the dogs are quarantined from my orbit. Baby wipes and sponge baths recommended after surgery, but…

“I’m the itchiest grasshopper on the planet.
(In my mind) there’s a flea infestation closing in — go on and panic.”

Adhesive bandages are the latest act in this freak show: glued into my skin, protruding rashes and blisters.

“Got me thinkin’… we fling open that patio,
Crank that stank like a rodeo,
Buck a bronco, let it go!”

Coated in itchy rashes and stench… the time came to pack it up, freak show! At the clinic the bandages were removed and finally my skin could breathe. A few more sponge baths over a few days and the itchy rashes, along with some stank, subsided. This Tough Twinkie slays again.

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  1. DebraSeptember 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM

    You sure are slaying it!!. Everything that comes your way…you take on with courage, grace and a badass attitude!! Go Tough Twinkie…..I’m in awe of you!!.,.

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