Bright whites, cherry color

Whine stains on my Jockey undershirt
straight out of the drier.
Now a bright red like subdued blood,
it’s a world of hurt.

If you were actual wine
and not soup spittle,
pasta splatter,
or a splash of pomegranate

you would be blue
like the sea
or fresh mildew
waiting

and calling for

a soak in the bleach
and then you disappear.