of a tattoo artist's gun? After an hour
of work on your right shoulder you still
don't know.
You're one long grin on the table, then
some grit when he shades purple
around the circle that means belly, then around
the other circle that means womb.
Only when he draws the tight black spiral
that means baby - and not the body
of the child but the spirit that flew away - that's when
a single tear starts down your face, but before
it drops, dries on your skin.
-Dave Jarecki
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