Don't Do Tattoos

Don't do tattoos

I grew up in the military

where anchors and other things

were always

on the arms of friends

of my fathers

but I didn't really give much thought

at all to tattoos

until it became more than

sailors and motorcycle riders

and I think the ink

today

is very, very good

in fact

some of them are so good

that you are impressed beyond words

but

I had enough trouble

getting my ears pierced

in one of those mall stalls with

the zillions of earrings

and the gum smacking

tattooed girl with the big gun

that took pain

to a level of 'what the f*ck

I am good with just one ear done

really I am'

so you can imagine

without further ado

how far a man with a needle

would get

before I would flee naked

and screaming

in pain.

There's nothing you could write

upon any part of me

that would make

the pain bearable or even the

thought tolerable

nope...I don't do tattoos.

Not now

Not ever Not going to do

Tattoos.

[but he does have a nice ass don't you think?]

 

barb