PERRY SMITH

I pretty much—

Told Truman Capote

The truth about me

And Dick Hickock

A lotta guys—

Fall in love with each

Other in places like

Lansing in the dark

Dick and I sealed—

Our marriage with the

Same tattoo a lot better

Than wedding ring

Rings you can slip off—

But a tattoo is like

Forever ours, it ain’t

Gonna go away

DICK AND I

Both Dick and I—

Had a Tiger Tattoo

Me on my left shoulder

Him on his left wrist

It didn’t mean much—

To him but it meant

A lot to me because

Dick was my type

Handsome and sexy—

His jaws, lips and

Whole face slackening

Saliva-dripping lips

His crooked eyes—

And car accident bent

Face made him look

So fucking primitive