Sometimes

Sharpies and Sadness

Sharpie on a whiteboard
is still temporary.
All you have to do
is write over it
with a dry-erase marker,
and it's gone.

Hand sanitizer removes
most Sharpie marks
from objects such as
plastic folders or hard furniture.

Sometimes, though,
Sharpie stays.
It stays on fabrics
and wood
and shoes.
You can scrub
and scrub
and scrub
with everything you've got.
But it will always be there.