Skin Deep Beauty

Skin Deep Beauty This man covered in tattoos in reds and greens and blues Wanted everyone to see his art So he put it in his will that he hopes they will fulfill That in his death his skin will do its part He wants it tanned and stretched, hung where it can be sketched By anyone who happens to come by He says I’ll be the donor, just the former tattoo owner The Gallery can hang it when I die Some say it is perversely, he says the controversy Is just because most people are too squeamish They say beauty is skin deep; he just wants his skin to keep But maybe that’s a little too extreamish Mdailey 6/2/12 Geoff Ostling has willed his skin to the National Gallery in Canberra, Australia But the National Gallery has not yet agreed to his bequest. I am sure if you Google his name you will be able to see for yourself just what he is offering the gallery.