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(1) a:
ta/tatau/moko/kakau
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
oooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooo
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
ta/tatau/moko/kakau
b:
that tattoo, exactly there--
(2) a:
. the desire to be seen . is the object .
. is the skin inked . is the sign . the trace .
. is the colored material . beneath .
. dots . and lines . divining .
ta/tatau/moko/kakau
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
oooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooo
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
tttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
ta/tatau/moko/kakau
b:
that tattoo, exactly there--
(2) a:
. the desire to be seen . is the object .
. is the skin inked . is the sign . the trace .
. is the colored material . beneath .
. dots . and lines . divining .
(3) a:
as old as Oetzi's skin
--fifty-seven lines adorn
his back, knee, achilles heel, shin
b:
/ Jill has one / trochaic / and one / iambic foot /
/ when she walks / her feet beat /
/ ta TTOO TA ttoo / ta TTOO TA ttoo / ta TTOO TA ttoo /
c:
poetic (s)kins
back to back
Emily D. & Phillip J.
(4) a:
[slippage] [ash] [gone wrong]
b:
((forbidden) . . . (don't tell) . . . when older
I shall cover my entire shoulders . . .))
c:
nothing new, yet . . .
immor(t)al TIM's
tattooed back bought
& shown three times each year
& at death
conserved
as old as Oetzi's skin
--fifty-seven lines adorn
his back, knee, achilles heel, shin
b:
/ Jill has one / trochaic / and one / iambic foot /
/ when she walks / her feet beat /
/ ta TTOO TA ttoo / ta TTOO TA ttoo / ta TTOO TA ttoo /
c:
poetic (s)kins
back to back
Emily D. & Phillip J.
(4) a:
[slippage] [ash] [gone wrong]
b:
((forbidden) . . . (don't tell) . . . when older
I shall cover my entire shoulders . . .))
c:
nothing new, yet . . .
immor(t)al TIM's
tattooed back bought
& shown three times each year
& at death
conserved
TATTOO-PASSION: A definition
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