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A little something for our Thursday at Two Poetry group today, a week after a week's postponement due to the Mosquito Fire threatening our foothill communities... at least it gave me something to write about... lol ?

Our challenge was something in the form:
aaa bbb ccc ddd... so, tercets with a rhyme scheme, or some such. Hope I got it right:

[indent]Evacuation 9/8/2022 (Mosquito Fire)

Spent a few nights away from the Divide
Wife on holiday; ...

It is written that there are about 3500 species of mosquitos, but not all of them bite humans, and about 170 species in North America. The spreading of disease is mostly done by two species: Aedes aegypti and the Aedes albopictus, the latter of which is commonly known as the Asian tiger mosquito because of its black and white stripes.” (From Fox News article, link below) That article also explains why the bites itch. If you want more methods for stopping the itching, then the wikihow article might ...