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There was an old lady named Lindy Loos Her skin was a canvas adorned with tattoos Her back and her front were a fine work of art But one final message she had to impart For now she was old she had reached ninety one Tired and weaker for her time had come Her tatts like her soul were now creased and faded No longer danced till midnight or walked unaided And as the tattooist prepared his ink Her life in tattoos, well it made him think of a life laid bare through her many tattoos For her final inking these words she did choose ‘No more words, no more skin No more images to ink within My life like my tatts is now fading away As I wait for my calling on that final day Like my tatts I wouldn’t change a single storyline My skin is my biography so read it if you have the time’ And as he completed this poignant rhyme She had already gone - for this was her time Written 26th October 2018 Contest No 510 Sponsor Brian Strand 1st placement Often people are quick to judge folks with many inkings, but these tattoos can be representative of the trials and tribulations they have had to deal with in their lives, for some are troubled souls whose only way of expressing their feelings is to have them inked upon their bodies. I wanted to say in this poem 'please do not be quick to judge'. I myself have no tattoos, but know many who do.
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