Bum Rush the Page by Tony Medina

Author:Tony Medina [Medina, Tony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-56564-8
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2001-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Tattooing the Motherline

I am possessed by Eros,

leaning back in a black leather armchair

that squeaks when I move.

A steady-hand girl

who shares my zodiac

penetrates the freshly shorn

thin brown skin of my upper arm

with an ebony ink dipped needle,

sharp as the arrow of Cupid.

She and I talk shop

over the low humming,

the tiny pricking and dragging

of her stylus fingertip

engraving me with the names

of three generations of women

who walked the long path

to get me here.

When her moving hand becomes uncomfortable,

I flex my toes to feel

the slapping of my sandal

against the sole of my right foot,

and lose myself in the funk

of the Ohio Players thumping

from the small gray speakers

that rest on a table

in the far corner

of the white room.

When she is done,

we admire the elegance

of my angry, scripted bicep

slick with Vaseline,

and step outside

for a smoke.

Krista Franklin(Dayton)

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