I Wanna Gedda Tattoo Poem by Toni Atchison

I wanna gedda tattoo-
even though I'm an over-weight
white-bread fourty-something
single mom,
living in down-town cow country.
Yep, I wanna gedda tattoo-
that shows how cool I really am inside,
and that I could ride a Harley if I wanted
(and if that Sportster really is small enough
for someone barely five foot tall!)
Oh, I really wanna tattoo-
I've planned it all out in my head,
of a leather-clad fairy
who surfs a midnight city sky
on a lightening bolt and reminds me
of this wild woman inside me
I keep in chains.
One day, she'll break free,
but I won't be upset-
she's always got my back.

9-23-07