Response to wild dogs under my skirt
This poem I assume is about a young Samoan who is desperate
and excited to have his tattoo. “Not blue or green but black” the common
colour of a Samoan tattoo.
This person perhaps knows his background and knows what he
wants. A tattoo symbolizes his ancestry and his tribe making him a proud Samoan
man.
The feeling of desperation is very obvious in the statement “
I want to sit opposite the tufuga and I know he means me pain” a very powerful
voice saying that I know its painful I know it hurts but I am a proud Samoan;
defeat is only a myth.
The power that has been passed on to him by his tribe is
clearly seen. He literally wants to feel the pain that his father’s and
forefathers have felt while getting their own tattoos. “I want him to bring
out his chisel and hammer and strike my thighs”
He wants his family to be proud of him and that is why he
wants to obtain a tattoo as sharp (accurate) as dogs’ teeth. (In order to do
that he must resist the pain and do not move a lot while being tattooed) and as
fierce looking as a Samoan dog who dislikes strangers for no reason. “I want
my legs like octopus black octopus” from my point it means. I want my
tattoo to be as obvious as possibly, able to be seen its dark colour because I
am a proud Samoan man.
Lastly, to feel satisfied He wants to get hurt, he wants to
feel the sting and the swelling of his wounds just as his ancestor did before
him.
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