Stubborn Stains

"No" is the utterance duly

strangled by omnipotence

Dire comebacks call a halt

to any visions of furtherance

Doggedly scoured away

like a stubborn stain

For I am a product inferior

to inferior product

I am snarled in the links

of your supply chains

Malcontent

Left to spread

Treat as stubborn stains

Of molestation and machinery and man

No molestations in those

quirky ad campaigns

I am long pinned down

You'll find me under buildings and

your tawdry, hateful malpractice

I am long pinned down

I am the invisible smear on your

sorely tempting price tag

And as perishable as your product,

I can just be thrown away

I am the invisible smear

Treat as stubborn stains

Spurious lament

Without a neck to hang their

corporate heads in shame

They will breeze on through

quite unscathed

Turn a profit and turn away

Of molestation and machinery and man

Short-lived stubborn stain