Tattoo

I'm afraid I won't be going to the Edinburgh tattoo
because to me
a parade of weaponry
and the capacity to hurt
is about as pleasing as dog dirt
on the shoe
only poo
is easier than the tattoo
to get rid of

to you
it may be taboo
to poo-poo
the tattoo
but to me
the tattoo
is something to say tat-ta to

John Hegley's wonderful poem