Tattoo

Rinsed and dry
Breaking away to come clean
But the ringing phone
keeps pulling at the strings
The blunted knife decides to give in
Dips into the poison of
mud and slime
Plays out its options for the
background score,the genre
and the style
Starts filling in the blanks
Grinding back and forth through
the pages of the story
Sharpens as it burns
Bends and turns
to face the tip
of the end
To give a farewell to the final chapter
Clicks a picture
so the wound stays alive