The Tattooed Poets Project: Michael Torres

Our second tattooed poet of the day is Michael Torres.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ej9A_ld5Bf3AswYgt8tWOakcgJBC4xGlbEkyqVPxfntNY1OeZc_8trE0ZX9Ur5JxUa6nMgnkNRL4f-4e8cdBetZegl_BYJ1mJq-Q0CosBBrSgq65FyYWz6wEoasN-b2NgSUEYehcCv4/s1600/Torres.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ej9A_ld5Bf3AswYgt8tWOakcgJBC4xGlbEkyqVPxfntNY1OeZc_8trE0ZX9Ur5JxUa6nMgnkNRL4f-4e8cdBetZegl_BYJ1mJq-Q0CosBBrSgq65FyYWz6wEoasN-b2NgSUEYehcCv4/s400/Torres.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Michael sent in photos of two tattoos, including this one:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGF69lN8xKh2x8bVzCek-8kRUWWYpbwU-lK4P98Z16HaYISFWchFevWnouY6rJp2poBuPzlLiJl0bCA7quoegU_RaCzUl1Xu89rCOudBHMYyjgbwE37ASlXA40J5BrgW6R-yWBhu3Ms5Y/s1600/bukowski+torres.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGF69lN8xKh2x8bVzCek-8kRUWWYpbwU-lK4P98Z16HaYISFWchFevWnouY6rJp2poBuPzlLiJl0bCA7quoegU_RaCzUl1Xu89rCOudBHMYyjgbwE37ASlXA40J5BrgW6R-yWBhu3Ms5Y/s640/bukowski+torres.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br />Michael informs us that the set of words inscribed on his flesh<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> "...is a poem called <a href="http://des.emory.edu/mfp/bukowski2.html">Oh Yes</a> by <a href="http://bukowski.net/">Charles Bukowski</a>. I got it done at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/porvidatattoo">Por Vida Tattoo</a> in Upland, California. I got it done because at that time in my life poetry was becoming more of a hobby to me and I was beginning to see my world changing in front of me. Friends that got married and had kids right after high school were finding out that things weren't going exactly as they had planned. The poem represents the realization that there is much I have to do in life before I worry about settling down simply because I think I have to."</blockquote> He also sent us this piece:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkB-X7oMcYcVaysy177kPKO9whEcR3THwJcGfCbUSWM9Lzj1ohTPGbQUkiFnLUry53_cNVeCVgkc8FAsisNsk8iS6ky-gUNfcXfBqloMsHgnXmWQVdIhk5XGKzVLkYmacHP-DrIrEyUMs/s1600/torres+woman+better.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkB-X7oMcYcVaysy177kPKO9whEcR3THwJcGfCbUSWM9Lzj1ohTPGbQUkiFnLUry53_cNVeCVgkc8FAsisNsk8iS6ky-gUNfcXfBqloMsHgnXmWQVdIhk5XGKzVLkYmacHP-DrIrEyUMs/s640/torres+woman+better.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><br />Michael explains:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgv8oUEHkw5N2Nv6mdsZg6bQF1Ak6MOQExwPbJgBc4EEA_in-fSIeXky1bp8BAv1Sojg_zQJsYUehnFKTaUPkr7DjnO_34-cT35n_Z4k0pQ1COJSu-8eQZiX8EgbrR9ndqUI3eh_v3ikI/s1600/MusePoetry_Poynter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgv8oUEHkw5N2Nv6mdsZg6bQF1Ak6MOQExwPbJgBc4EEA_in-fSIeXky1bp8BAv1Sojg_zQJsYUehnFKTaUPkr7DjnO_34-cT35n_Z4k0pQ1COJSu-8eQZiX8EgbrR9ndqUI3eh_v3ikI/s400/MusePoetry_Poynter.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">"The second tattoo in the same arm is of the poetry muse, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erato">Erato</a>. I basically liked the image I googled. The original artist is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Poynter">Sir Edward John Poynter</a> and it was done in 1870.<br /><br />I had the tattoo done in Montclair, Ca at Skills for Thrills tattoo shop. Me being a poet wanted to have the muse with me all the time. Even though we believe we should be lucky to have her whisper those golden lines into our ears I thought, why not have her around all the time. I am not going to stop writing any time soon and I don't take for granted all I have been given because of writing so this was for her, the muse. Both tattoos were done on my lower left arm."</blockquote>Michael sent us this poem, as well:<br /><br /><b>The Coltrane </b><br /><br />I am a<br />top-hat-black-tie-poetry-party ditcher<br />off wandering the<br />downtown streets of my mind with a<br />kool-aid pitcher in my hand, rice crispy treats in my backpack and a beach ball<br />somewhere<br />over everyone<br />like the dot to the letter i. I<br /><br />am looking<br />for myself. And<br /><br />rumor has it I was last seen standing at the edge of a woman’s heart facing tomorrow, screaming<br />I’LL DO IT. I’LL JUMP      before turning around<br />to see that she<br />was already long gone, leaving only a note that read  <br />“please, just clean up the mess." I guess I would then<br /> head in the direction of the park because<br />poetry is nature<br />and sheets of paper<br />walk the same way leaves do when the wind calls<br />and pens click December raindrops.<br />Aha,<br /><br />my imagination has left me trails of sheet music<br />so I walk to the jazz notes waiting<br />for the next Coltrane to take me<br />home.<br /><br />There! In the park I see<br />me, running towards the lake.<br /><br />Piano keys ripple across the water like a tossed pebble<br />fucking up the order of time cuz now when I look at my reflection,       I see me<br />but he<br />is<br />a little boy<br />trying to dance<br />to the <i>ranchera</i> music moving across the back porch<br />at a neighbor's party he, I mean I, snuck into, all<br />the adults there speaking      Spanish,<br />cigarette tongues laughing ash onto my, I mean his,<br />head.<br /><br />He is we, only 7, and I at 25<br />have forgotten what I was suppose to find<br />in the first place. He is happy and<br /><br />I wanna be<br />me again.<br /><br />I jump in-to<br /><br />sky<br />           blue,<br /><br /> break      water      skin,<br /><br /> breathe out,<br />           breathe in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">~ ~ ~</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.finishinglinepress.com/images/158torres%20cov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.finishinglinepress.com/images/158torres%20cov.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br />Michael Torres was born and raised in Pomona, California. He was exposed to poetry at an early age, learning the works of William Shakespeare, Langston Hughes and Emily Dickinson to name a few. He has been published in <a href="http://www.beatlick.com/">Beatlick News</a>, <a href="http://chironreview.com/">The Chiron Review</a>, <u>Left Coast Review</u>, and <a href="http://www.solopress.org/Solo_Press_2011/Welcome.html">Solo Press</a>. His first chapbook of poetry, <a href="http://www.finishinglinepress.com/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=173">The Beautiful Distraction</a> was published by <a href="http://www.finishinglinepress.com/">Finishing Line Press</a>. Michael is currently in school pursuing a degree in creative writing at the <a href="http://www.ucr.edu/">University of California, Riverside</a>. He lives in Pomona, Ca.<br /><br />Thanks to Michael for sharing his poetry and tattoos with us here on the Tattooed Poets Project!<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday. </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">The poem and tattoo are reprinted with the poet's permission. If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit http://tattoosday.blogspot.com and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span>

The Tattooed Poets Project: Michael Torres

Our second tattooed poet of the day is Michael Torres. Michael sent in photos of two tattoos, including this one: Michael informs us that th...

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Eric Morago

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">This morning's tattooed poet is <a href="http://www.ericmorago.com/">Eric Morago</a>, who shares these lines of verse from his forearm:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuEq_5-X8nc6CdoGg9oWWANxi7fcqfSzbF7TSlqGbsQRMXszV0byFxRCG2ZJ5ftOHLC9vBnYn2p0EOJNy-xU1-_uFj-xCIdfbs6UCZXodZHui0rTyvDHJw5kB7dNZ8pxWNl31W-XmOkE/s1600/MoragoTattoo1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuEq_5-X8nc6CdoGg9oWWANxi7fcqfSzbF7TSlqGbsQRMXszV0byFxRCG2ZJ5ftOHLC9vBnYn2p0EOJNy-xU1-_uFj-xCIdfbs6UCZXodZHui0rTyvDHJw5kB7dNZ8pxWNl31W-XmOkE/s640/MoragoTattoo1.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I am a BIG <a href="http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/394">Charles Bukowski</a> fan, so I immediately recognized these lines ("what matters most / is how you / walk through the / fire") when I saw the photo. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eric explains:</span></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">"The tattoo is taken from a the title of a collection of </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">poems </span></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">by Charles Bukowski.</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZm8xNT5l42rKz2000kfKLBKoDyBn82E7Jr1HocdKu1_nUqhsVxiftCW48s_I7Rr4zUQE64GXkZr8upyNl6KXNUeZs56KQFqLyHQpagEalPm6At5TSVz7iz-8g7f0zEbMMyPhQq54PxM/s1600/buk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZm8xNT5l42rKz2000kfKLBKoDyBn82E7Jr1HocdKu1_nUqhsVxiftCW48s_I7Rr4zUQE64GXkZr8upyNl6KXNUeZs56KQFqLyHQpagEalPm6At5TSVz7iz-8g7f0zEbMMyPhQq54PxM/s400/buk.jpg" width="236" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">I got [the tattoo] over Thanksgiving break at a local tattoo shop (Body Art Tattoo) in my hometown of Whittier, CA during my first semester of grad school.  I had just finished grading a bunch of papers as well as writing my own for a class and was just overwhelmed by what the next two years had in store for me that I wanted to do something commemorate the struggle ahead.  So that when all was said and done, M.F.A in hand, there was also tangible proof (besides a piece of paper) for what I had I succeeded in obtaining.  And the words would be a damn good reminder on those occasions where papers and grading and thesis deadlines loomed in the distance." </span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">By way of poetry, Eric offers up this tattoo-related gem:</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">ENTANGLED</span></blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A beautiful portrait of destruction,<br />her back is tattooed from shoulder<br />to shoulder—a giant octopus tears<br />boats apart with unworldly tendrils.<br />This turns me on.  I am a prepubescent<br />again thinking I’ve found ambrosia<br />between the pages of Victoria’s Secret<br />catalogues.  I get dizzy, lost in fantasy.<br />How though its body is submerged<br />in murky water, hidden by shading,<br />I believe the monster is winking at me.<br />I sit, imagine freckles into tiny frenzied<br />sailors jumping ship into the dark of her<br />skin, sinking down spine’s curve,<br />drowning, or falling into the creature’s<br />waiting, open-beaked mouth.  I would<br />never tell her any of this, of course.<br />Better she stay in the peep, a shadowy<br />figure of myth.  And like a yarn-spinning<br />seadog swearing by fantastical beasts—<br />all tentacles, sharp snouted and snarl<br />toothed—I too am ensnared, imagination<br />entangled in the suction-cupped arms<br />of wanting.  It is all I can do to fight,<br />struggle being pulled under an inky<br />veil where our eyes can clearly meet,<br />where any and all mystique is gone.</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; 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font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">~ ~ ~</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Eric Morago is a <a href="http://www.pushcartprize.com/">Pushcart Prize</a>-nominated poet who believes performance carries as much importance on the page, as it does off. Currently Eric is an an associate reviewer for <a href="http://poetix.net/">Poetix.net</a>, poet-in-residence with <a href="http://calworkforce.org/">California WorkforceAssociation</a>, and teaches workshops for <a href="http://redhen.org/">Red Hen Press’</a> <a href="http://redhen.org/about-us-2/writing-in-the-schools/">Writing in the Schools</a> program. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.moontidepress.com/publishing/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/image/What-We-Ache-For-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.moontidepress.com/publishing/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/image/What-We-Ache-For-cover.jpg" width="210" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">His first full length collection of poetry and prose entitled, <a href="http://www.moontidepress.com/our-books/what-we-ache-for/what-we-ache-for/">What We Ache For</a>, is available from <a href="http://www.moontidepress.com/">Moon Tide Press</a>. Eric holds an <st1:stockticker>MFA</st1:stockticker> in Creative Writing from <a href="http://www.csulb.edu/">California State University, Long Beach</a> and lives to write in Whittier, CA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to Eric for sharing his poem and tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday. The poem and tattoo are reprinted with the poet's permission.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div></div>

The Tattooed Poets Project: Eric Morago

This morning's tattooed poet is Eric Morago , who shares these lines of verse from his forearm: I am a BIG Charles Bukowski fan, so I i...

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Caroline Rocks an Awesome R.Crumb Tattoo

I'm rationing all the tattoos I spotted in Hawai'i, which allows me to share the amazing ones I've seen since returning to New York. A huge backlog of ink photos means I can be pickier and share the very best.<br /><br />My first day back in the Big Apple I met Caroline, at the corner of 23rd and 6th, a stone's throw from the <a href="http://www.hotelchelsea.com/">Hotel Chelsea</a>.<br /><br />When I asked her to share one of her many tattoos (she has around 30), she bared her upper arm to reveal this great piece:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSr8xZxZipWrsgPjsrdjqrHiflz2ivyEKDzjdoP0gYgYmWGylas16XO0QGMJjgevwBVJQKuJFlvrg-sTinBpGxF5B5IbsGhArJ9bIincWe_N90aCw5gudilm2_SMnSGdKki_9qoaWq/s1600/crumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSr8xZxZipWrsgPjsrdjqrHiflz2ivyEKDzjdoP0gYgYmWGylas16XO0QGMJjgevwBVJQKuJFlvrg-sTinBpGxF5B5IbsGhArJ9bIincWe_N90aCw5gudilm2_SMnSGdKki_9qoaWq/s400/crumb.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />I recognized it immediately as the popular "underground" comic artist <a href="http://www.crumbproducts.com/">R. Crumb</a>. Not that he wasn't already popular, but he illustrated a couple of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski">Charles Bukowski</a> stories in the late '80s, and this image was one used in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski">Black Sparrow Press</a> issue of his short story "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bring-Your-Love-Charles-Bukowski/dp/0876856067?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Bring Me Your Love</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0876856067" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />".<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtaUIgqQMBJaeaZd_K3Q3kSwQ85nnvxV6wsKGK8pY26f956UTqS6gGKYOZdn4ubzHW3irZQUQHlLbDyjQCnl-cAgiuZO3mBBuTD2G81Jm8PzMFdQDBVOnMbiK6BZM74K51qrhN5Ml/s1600/crumb-thumb-250x383-1225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtaUIgqQMBJaeaZd_K3Q3kSwQ85nnvxV6wsKGK8pY26f956UTqS6gGKYOZdn4ubzHW3irZQUQHlLbDyjQCnl-cAgiuZO3mBBuTD2G81Jm8PzMFdQDBVOnMbiK6BZM74K51qrhN5Ml/s400/crumb-thumb-250x383-1225.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br />Caroline explained to me why this tattoo was essential to her tapestry. She would often, when angry or frustrated, say she was so mad she could punch herself in the face. When she saw the drawing, she knew it would be a perfect tattoo for her.<br /><br />Joe at <a href="http://www.saintsandsinnersink.com/tattoo_gallery.asp">Saints & Sinners</a> in Baltimore was the artist who transferred R. Crumb's genius onto Caroline's flesh.<br /><br /><br />Thanks again to Caroline for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0876856067&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Caroline Rocks an Awesome R.Crumb Tattoo

I'm rationing all the tattoos I spotted in Hawai'i, which allows me to share the amazing ones I've seen since returning to New Y...

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