Tattoos

The needle breaks skin; 

The agony and ecstasy as the outline begins. 

The pain is temporary, but the design will always remind you  

Of all the shit you’ve been through. 

Each tattoo, old or new, is a totem, 

 A mark from your heart 

 That expresses your divine spark. 

Whether black and grey, technicolor; or red, white, and blue;  

Traditional, color realism, or new school,  

All tattoos are cool.  

Just make sure you don’t get kanji thinking they mean strong  

But instead they mean prostitute.  

And that they are grammatically correct,  

Lest people forever question your intellect.