Tattooing with a gun
With no ink
Stare in the mirror
Until my eyes water
Smoke and blood and
Dust from my skin
Like a pilot writing your name
In the sky
Or I LOVE YOU.
I'm rooting around in my skin
Bleeding your name
Am I finished?
Cut smoke, bank left and roll
Down
I hope she saw me in the sky today
He thought
Shut off the gun
And with that the dustÂ
and
the rest
Blades of grass
Crocuses and lillies and daffodils
Sunshine and trees andÂ
Music and laughter
All in this tiny tattoo