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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