The graphic squawk of tattoos
ringing a bicep,
blue ink scrambling over ancient scars
Time for more pirate’s breath prose,
a hot sauce thick with
chunks of the unsayable and unacceptable.
A cutlass of metaphor
always out of the belt,
swish slicing the air of conversation,
knuckles rough from salt,
palms scored with rope burn.
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Kathleen Hulser is a writer, public historian, and activist. Currently she writes catalogs for amArtHouse Gallery in Bantam, CT and edits ArTour, a new culture magazine. She has been NY Transit Museum curator, New-York Historical Society public historian and has taught American History. She also creates public art projects such as The War of 1812 augmented reality cell phone tour. Her original walking tours include The Underground Railroad in New York, Lighted Signs of Times Square and Bad, Rad and Boho Women. She worked on curatorial teams for Slavery in New York, Nueva York, and Revolutions: America, France, Haiti.