tattoos, the mark of Cain instinctively inducing revulsion stirring a mix of fear and hate and of contempt and pity
today a common mark of man mistaking individuality for identity abhorrence for affirmation of being and grotesque debasement for beauty
the mark of exile, rejection, and wickedness now of fellowship, freedom, and choice embracing the perverse to shock as all children do now permanently etched, defiant without understanding
perhaps it is fitting and timely now for the world is going the way of Cain the mark of man is yet another sign manifesting openly for those given to see