Hi-yo, Tattoo, Away!

On the night of September 23, I was returning from Manhattan to Brooklyn on the R train after a poetry reading, when Erin sat down next to me. She had this tattoo on her left forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OVbKLzqsiOfG18mDF01XXTPJkuvxMq33kqLnYz73pKAenRXM77ZOSuBy5XOUS0bJ5SXhh8caGE8uzkNHWHEdntO87cYtRWUSvM2r3dpnCDLcoV-EhaVI1wFHWf-MLKSxa8BXS_Z3MNE/s1600/lone+ranger+wmm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OVbKLzqsiOfG18mDF01XXTPJkuvxMq33kqLnYz73pKAenRXM77ZOSuBy5XOUS0bJ5SXhh8caGE8uzkNHWHEdntO87cYtRWUSvM2r3dpnCDLcoV-EhaVI1wFHWf-MLKSxa8BXS_Z3MNE/s400/lone+ranger+wmm.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><br />Even Erin would concede this isn't a high-grade, professional tattoo. It was inked by a friend's girlfriend and is an image of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Ranger">Lone Ranger</a>, based on a printmaking project she did in college in which she envisioned a series of "American Hero Snacks". This was her design for the Lone Ranger Candy Bar. It's an image that resonates with her.<br /><br />Thanks to Erin for a) talking to this stranger on the subway at night, and b) sharing your tattoo with us here on Tattoosday! Hi-yo, Silver, away!<br /><br />As an afterthought, today marks the 30th anniversary of the death of John Lennon, I would point to <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/10/happy-birthday-john.html">this post</a> to remember her fondly.

Hi-yo, Tattoo, Away!

On the night of September 23, I was returning from Manhattan to Brooklyn on the R train after a poetry reading, when Erin sat down next to m...

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