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The best tattoo I’ve ever seen

November 24th, 2009 by Jeff Pearlman

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Was in the supermarket tonight. Kid behind the register was probably 19. Maybe 20. Brown curly hair, palish skin, wide eyes, easy smile. He had a small tattoo on his left wrist. No design, just these words in blue:

FLY A KITE KID

I looked at it. Said to him, “What’s your tattoo mean?”

“Those,” he said, “are the last words my father said to me.”

Chilling.

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2 Responses

  1. Jim

    wow…thats deep.

  2. Kirk

    I may be dense this morning, but is this a positive or negative?

    As in- Fly a kite, kid- have some fun, be a kid?

    Or as in- Fly a kite, kid- get away from me?

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