enjoy this Chris Butler writing
in the Scars Publications free 2011 PDF file chapbook: Antimatter
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
Stain
Chris Butler
I am a stain,
distinguished from the
others with thick rusted
veins squirting ketchup
onto painted blue jeans,
but for the most part,
I tattoo myself across
the surface of this earth.
I am bathed
with soapy suds of
lemon-scented ammonia,
submerged in the kitchen
sink, only pulling
the rubber stopper
plugging the drain
when I’m clean.