- Bigger than dime, quarter-sized, I'm told the blue will noxzema bottle bluer as it heals
- Hurt exactly like I thought it would, that is the pain - not bad, not fun - felt like I thought this pain would feel, and is over the second the needle stops
- We both think there will be more in our futures
- I'm thinking of getting BLCKDGRD in an arc across my shoulders like the last name on a baseball uniform, I said
- the one who didn't get a tattoo groaned no
- the one who got a tattoo too knew I kid
- both of the letters not me in above can vouch
- Please note the Fleabus hair already on skin
- Robert Ashley, MSADI5G, born 89 years ago today
TATTOO
Nick Laird
You do know, right,
that between the no-
longer & the still-
to-come
you are being continually
tattooed, inked
with the skulls of
everyone
you’ve ever loved—the you
& the you
& the you & the you—you don’t
sit in a chair, thumb
through a binder, pick a
design, it simply
happens each time you
bring your fingers to your face
to inhale him back into you . . .
tiny skulls, some of us are
covered. You, love, could
simply tattoo an open
door, light
pouring in from somewhere
outside, you
could make your body a door
so it appears you
(let her fill you) are made
of light.
