ivor .e hogg - White on Black

A tattoo on the skin of night.
A constellation on display,
picture pricked out in points of light.
Which one it is I cannot say.

A stream of stars The Milky Way
A tattoo on the skin of night,
serenely flows on; come what may.
A truly awe inspiring sight.

Though you may think my words are trite
and you would write another way
A tattoo on the skin of night.
Precisely what I want to say.

A little word game which I play
I think that I have got it right
it is not easy to portray.
A tattoo on the skin of night.

ivor .e hogg

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