Gravity

Melted skulls and sagging sails:
what growing old with tats entails.
Few give pause to stop and think
how time’s patina colors ink.

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H/T to Eric Ashford’s Tat
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Krutsinger Avatar
July 13, 2022 at 4:41 PM
Love the end rhymes Jeff and even with brevity you have said much.
Kyser Avatar
July 13, 2022 at 6:58 PM
Thanks, Caren
Fowler Avatar
July 11, 2022 at 10:34 AM
LOL Jeff. Many times I've viewed one and tried to imagine what it will look like in 20-30 years. Linda
Wolf Avatar
July 10, 2022 at 7:28 PM
Sagging chests and sinking ships -- That's what happened to Mr. Chips! ~ G'bye
Marcum Wong Avatar
July 10, 2022 at 1:47 PM
I certainly agree with this. I was very glad my son never got a tattoo. I never wanted one….too permanent. A very cool poem Jeff. Blessings xxoo
Gorelick Avatar
July 10, 2022 at 1:21 PM
As a kid I'd see old sailors with gray smudgy tattoos, now it's old men and women in the same boat! No tats for me please. Good one!
Hankins Avatar
July 10, 2022 at 9:45 AM
Which is the primary reason why I never wanted one (as well as not seeing any reason to decorate this body!). Deb wanted one, but could not see it sagging in old age, ruining the mystic!
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