this priceless exhibition
of ink dappled skin
serves as a cold reminder
of where loyalty
and fantasy
collide.

His name so pristinely scrawled
upon your pefect porcelain
will not fade with time

but you will
beneath it.

07/24/2006

Author's Note: What do you do when she on the spur of the moment adds the name of another man to her tattoo. Give up?

Posted on 07/25/2006
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