WHAT DIDN'T WORK
FOR ME
by Sherry S.

What worked for her
was skin you paint on
that she painted on
spots she had on
only her hands and feet.

I thought how neat,
and opened New Skin Liquid Bandage,
pulled out the industrial top,
dipped its brush below the edge,
and polished my ankle's spots.

The rubber cement-like sticky glaze
dried and cracked, and in several days
more layers peeled than ever before,
and more spots spread instead of fewer.

What worked for her was not my cure.