pap stains

what is evident is the stain
something's wrong and it has to be corrected
not just the cure
it is the manner of having to live a correct lifestyle
(there is, yes, there is, the one
that we must choose because it is not
to destroy us, but to recreate us towards
an artistic endeavor,
one that does not devour us
like a boa
where we can no longer say the word
where we are choked
like an artichoke, if you know what i do not really mean)

this has nothing to do with the smell of anchovies
or the wilting of the sunflower
ready for the growing of another batch of seeds
to grow on the furrowed ground
of our mistaken notions about life and death

the stains are about you
something is wrong and it has to be corrected
if you want to live some more days
and read my poems

stand by, i will fetch you, the doctor waits.