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“Barely Hidden Tattoo”
Barely hidden tattoo,
peeking over the neckline of your tank top.
I can’t rightly say if it’s the tip of an iceberg,
or a singular disembodied something.
What does it represent?
A victory?
A regret?
A tribute?
Is it a mocking representation of you in a foreign language?
Did you get it in Bangkok?
When you bent over to pick up your dropped pack of cigarettes,
I espied an ornate belt wrapping your midriff.
I’ve heard others vulgarly call them Tramp Stamps.
For what it’s worth, you don’t look like a Tramp.
Do you want to come back to my place for a drink?
I’ll show you my ink.
The doorman at my building has an arm sleeve tattoo.
I saw it that time his arm got stuck in the elevator.
when he tried to stop the doors from closing on Ms. Jenkins.
Are tattoos copyrighted?
Who gets the copyright?
You, or the tattoo artist?
My tattoo honors a fallen fetus.
My friend miscarried.
It was a boy, it wasn’t mine, but I wanted her to like me.
She got a tattoo of the father’s name instead.
They overdosed in a trailer two summers ago.
The ink ran out.
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Published by Christopher Hickey
Welcome to my effort. Yes, as a great procrastinator, it requires great effort to stay focused on something productive that matters to me. I’ll find any old excuse to traipse from project to project, and I rarely end up at the place I started. I find this maddening, and exhaustive. So it is with high hopes, and a greater grasp of self-awareness, that I embark upon staying the course so to speak.
I enjoy writing. Be it blogs, fiction, poetry, etc. I love the craft and the act of creation, the art in and of itself, for it’s own sake and end. I am happy to be able to do it.
Some stats:
Born: March 1974
Education:
St.Francis de Sales, Charlestown MA
Don Bosco Technical High School, Boston MA
University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell MA
Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown MA
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
North Virginia Community College, Arlington VA
Harvard Extension School, Cambridge MA
Place of residence: Somewhere in the land of metro Boston. It’s vaguely familiar and becoming home more and more by the day, but when you come from “The Town” all else fails by comparison.
Favorite Color: I’m partial to all forms of blue.
Favorite Author: c’mon! don’t expect me to answer that, there are too many.
I enjoy memories of playing 80’s Atari better than playing any advanced gaming system that exists today.
Some day:
Hope to be recognized for my paper clip collection. As well as my 27 rejected applications to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailiey Clown college.
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