Removing the Tattoo: A Micro Poem by Cecelia Hagen

Cecelia Hagen is the author of Entering (Airlie Press), Among Others (Traprock Books), and Fringe Living (26 Books Press) and the recipient of fellowships and awards from Literary Arts, the MacDowell Colony, Playa, and Soapstone. Her work has appeared in New Ohio Review, Guesthouse, Broadsided, On the Seawall, High Desert Journal, Zyzzyva, and EcoTheo. She lives in Eugene, Oregon, where she teaches writing and volunteers as a community recycling coordinator.