oregano drops

you buy
oregano in
liquid form.
you have a small
brown mole
you'd like to be
gone, as in out
damn spot.
and the vitamin
store clerk,
all eighteen
years of her
explains and promises
that yes, this
will work.
three drops per
night and voila
it's gone.
but you can't
stop the drop from
doing what drops
do accroding
to the laws
of physics. gravity.
and it rolls down
the side of your
face, stinging
and staining along
the way.
and as your day goes
by, each person sniffs
in your direction
and asks you
what you had for
lunch. italian?