Tattoos

I don't know how you feel about this topic.
How could I ? You is a collection of yous
with likely varied opinions.

But, I'll tell you how I honestly feel about them.
To me they are ugly skin stains, that disrupt the normal
biological functioning of our largest organ, the skin.
It visually screams that the wearer is an idiot.

Although I rarely say anything when I see them,
inside my thoughts are, "what a moron", especially those who
choose to have their face doodled on.
These used to be reserved for sailors who drank
all their paycheck and were so out of it,
that they woke up with one of these ugly stains
and didn't remember how they got it.

Somewhere along the way, some tattoo inkers
decided to advertise that tattoos are cool
and the public actually bought it.
Now pre-teens all run to the mall to get permanently stained.

I refuse to call these stainers "artists" because mostly
what they do, looks like doodles that a 7 year old would do with
crayons on a wall. Indeed, I've seen better art work
by grade school kids on their notebooks.

Van Gogh, Matisse, Dali, Renoir, and Monet are a few examples of true artists.
People pay, just to see their beautiful works of art and their paintings are worth $Millions.
I assure you, none of them stained skin on purpose.

How about the idiots who get the name of their lover tattooed
on their skin. Years later they're married to someone else
who has to see the other person's name as an every day reminded
of that person's previous love.

Don't get me wrong, there are much more important things in life.
I've even dated a few women for years, who have been stained with some rudimentary stain of a rose, or a heart, or their zodiac sign.
It's not a deal breaker. It's a bit of a turnoff,
but no one is perfect, I guess.

However, if you want to lose me on our first date,
obsess with endless talk about your skin stain(s).
Either that, or stay on your cell phone during much of the date.
Or smoke.

I don't care if you look like Megan Fox, I'm out of there,
as soon as I can find a convenient excuse to end the date early.

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