This is the tattoo on my left shoulder
The picture was taken by my son
You're welcome to use it if you do so in a respectful manner
Not to put too fine a point on it, but if you can't bring yourself to be respectful, you can fuck off.
my plush, furry friend
how you made this hard heart soft
life coarse and cruel
losing you made me grow cold
although my dead heart still beats
~cie~
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I really can't abide the kind of person whose first comment upon seeing a picture of someone's tattoo is "ew, I don't like tattoos." I'm quite sure they didn't get the tattoo with you in mind, Sunshine.
I got my first tattoo at 49 years old. It is on my right deltoid.
To me, it's fairly obvious that a tattoo like this is done to honor someone, which, in fact, it was. But some sanctimonious sort had to point out their dislike of tattoos to show how saintly they are because they don't have any tattoos.
I've known heavily tattooed people who embody what I think are the characteristics a saint should have, such as empathy and tolerance, and people with no tattoos who are caustic and judgmental. I know whose company I'd rather keep.
When I was living in downtown Denver at nineteen, it wasn't the punks who made me feel so uncomfortable that I spent most of the summer hiding in my apartment. It was the clean-cut guys who thought it was fun to follow me, whistling at me like they were calling to a dog.
I judge people based on their behavior, not their physical appearance.
To link to more poetical ink, this is the place you should go, I think.
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What a world of emotion is here in this poem and these pictures of your tattoos. Yes, I am one who hasn't yet inked, yet my daughter has a lovely butterfly on her ankle, an image of hope as she steps out into the world. As do yours, even as they celebrate loss.
ReplyDeleteKind thanks, Beth. My 30-year-old son will likely never get a tattoo, but he doesn't consider himself superior to people who have them. I don't understand people who harshly judge others in that way.
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