Tatoo

tatoo

(9/5/99)

_________First Place__________her tattoothe only butterflythis January dayThom Williams

 ________Second Place________baby at the breasta tiny finger tracesher blue snake tattooCharles Trumbull

 _________Third Place_________       tiny tattooed dovedrawing all eyesto her breastMaleti (Mary Lee McClure)

_________Below Third Place________

the table clearedwe watch the hula danceon Uncle's tattooJoann

white hairs gleamabove his tattooed numbersblack butterflyPeggy

still feeling the painfrom Cupid's arrowon my tattooYu

footsteps -dog's tailbeats a tattooJaloe

the Autumn rainfallplays a tattoo on the roof -farewell to summerElaine Cleveland

Oh well!out of the parlor without the tattooBetty

looking for my wifein the garden -of tattoosearl keener

her tonguetracing a faded tattoo- his body arched.kathi

tattooon the dead man's armalso fadeddennis h dutton

trying to dry offfrom the gentle August rain;rose tattooJoe Kirschner  

a beam of sunlighton her shoulder at oncethe tattoo brightensMax Verhart

determined tracing his tattofrom start to finishPam

Prison block tattoo-on his shoulderSlave of Satin.Sue

full moon    the cashier's tattoochanges color-willard

my son's own designeasier to accept - his first tattooemile molhuysen  

rose blossomsover a hickey, henna tattoocopyright 8/26/1999 by Wendy C. Bialek

NOTE

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