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MY GRANDFATHER'S TATTOO

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On sunny days, his shirtsleeves rolled
he'd cover with a sticking plaster
like the wound of Welsh he wouldn't give his children
the blue-green inks of anchorage, the shame.

Deryn Rees-Jones

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

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