Call me old-fashioned, well, I am, it cannot be denied,
But tattooed flesh of any sort I just cannot abide!
Firstly, I doubt the character of anyone tattooed:
I always think they're going to be quite rabble-rousing rude!
Of course, I'm often wrong; I find I've jumped to false conclusions,
And those aspects of their characters are just my own illusions.
But tattooed people always seem distinctly on the nose,
Even if the 'tat' in question is a single rose!
As for those 'works of art' who've covered every inch of skin,
Who think they'll make a meal of it as soon as they begin,
Well, they're beyond my comprehension, quite beyond the pale;
I try to understand them all but invariably fail.
Is it a form of showing-off, saying 'Look! I've stood the pain!'
Whatever the psychology it goes against the grain!
Leaving morals to one side, I don't find it aesthetic!
A single motif maybe, but a mixture is pathetic!
And people who're tattooed are always set-up for regret,
If they wear the name of someone that they go on to forget!
Finally, there is 'growing-up' and getting rid of fads;
Young boys and girls have a habit of becoming Mums and Dads.
Eventually they're elderly; their skin a mess of wrinkles!
Imagine all those tattooed shapes distorted by the crinkles!
Fashion is a funny thing, changing as time goes by.
When they look in the mirror will they laugh.....or will they cry?
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More regret here:
http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2009/01/as-good-as-gold.html
Firstly, I doubt the character of anyone tattooed:
I always think they're going to be quite rabble-rousing rude!
Of course, I'm often wrong; I find I've jumped to false conclusions,
And those aspects of their characters are just my own illusions.
But tattooed people always seem distinctly on the nose,
Even if the 'tat' in question is a single rose!
As for those 'works of art' who've covered every inch of skin,
Who think they'll make a meal of it as soon as they begin,
Well, they're beyond my comprehension, quite beyond the pale;
I try to understand them all but invariably fail.
Is it a form of showing-off, saying 'Look! I've stood the pain!'
Whatever the psychology it goes against the grain!
Leaving morals to one side, I don't find it aesthetic!
A single motif maybe, but a mixture is pathetic!
And people who're tattooed are always set-up for regret,
If they wear the name of someone that they go on to forget!
Finally, there is 'growing-up' and getting rid of fads;
Young boys and girls have a habit of becoming Mums and Dads.
Eventually they're elderly; their skin a mess of wrinkles!
Imagine all those tattooed shapes distorted by the crinkles!
Fashion is a funny thing, changing as time goes by.
When they look in the mirror will they laugh.....or will they cry?
*
More regret here:
http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2009/01/as-good-as-gold.html
