the dark spot

it's a small spot
on your white shirt.
it's a smudge, dark
and dry to the touch.
you have no idea how
it got there, but
it won't come out.
the shirt is fine
otherwise.
all the buttons work,
no tears, or rips,
no thread unraveled.
it's just a spot, a
dark spot
that won't come out.
sometimes that's all it
takes to find a new
one.