“For love—I would
split open your head and put
a candle in
behind the eyes.”

- From Robert Creeley’s poem The Warning

This tattoo was submitted by Sarah, who says:

Below it is a tiny outline of the Buffalo, NY skyline – it’s the city where I grew up, and the city that haunts me wherever I go. Creeley is a Buffalo poet and I felt that his words were fitting considering my passion for the place.

(31 votes, average: 4.19 out of 5)

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As I sd to my
friend, because I am
always talking, — John, I

sd, which was not his
name, the darkness sur-
rounds us, what

can we do against
it, or else, shall we &
why not, buy a goddamn big car,

drive, he sd, for
christ’s sake, look
out where yr going.

- Robert Creeley, I Know A Man

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(25 votes, average: 4.44 out of 5)

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