Tattoo Poem by Ray Feasey

Tattoo it’s like a badge some wear
Obtained in parlors echoing ‘funfairs’
And seldom do you see just one,
As once they start another’s done

These parlors show a vast array
Of images that are displayed
With fonts and images for any occasion
They pay their money and leave emblazoned

It’s like a sort of secret club
You’ve got one too where’d get yours done?
My friends got one on her entire left side
Oh really take long did it, bet she cried.

Ladies have ‘a little butterfly’ because it’s cute
While gentleman no less astute
Have snakes, skulls, banners and one eyed jacks
On each arm for balance and shoulders and back

But each to their own as it’s a personal thing
If it makes people happy then it’s no worse than ‘bling’
Although for added value there’s piercing as well
At many a parlor, but careful it swells.

Copyright © 2007 Ray Feasey