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New Tattoo The bluebird and the text are unrelated, and in a way, are opposites. The bluebird representing a poet/a poem, and the text representing an idea, but both are in relation to the heart and to love and my reactions to these things. The Bluebird The bluebird is a small tribute to one of my favourite poems by Bukowski, and to Bukowski himself (I think he’s wonderful). The Poem: there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you. there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I pour whiskey on him and inhale cigarette smoke and the whores and the bartenders and the grocery clerks never know that he’s in there. there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay down, do you want to mess me up? you want to screw up the works? you want to blow my book sales in Europe? there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too clever, I only let him out at night sometimes when everybody’s asleep. I say, I know that you’re there, so don’t be sad. then I put him back, but he’s still singing a little in there, I haven’t quite let him die and we sleep together like that with our secret pact and it’s nice enough to make a man weep, but I don’t weep, do you? The Text The text reads ‘The heart is forever inexperienced’. This is really a reminder to myself that in whatever we do, and how ever many times we fall in love, out of love, in love, out of love, the heart never really learns. It is always a child, and in that, it should be forgiven. It’s a reminder to be gentle with it, and that it’s okay to fall. The Idea The bluebird is my heart/holds it/hides it, whilst the text reminds me that it’s okay to let it out sometimes. It’s contrary, because when it comes to love, and loving, you must be both cautious and open. Kudos to Fi from Absolution, what a fucken legend!