
Death of a MetaphorThe tattoo on the back of my neck says "clarity," in pretty, black calligraphy. I wanted to get it in purple, but my neck is so small, and black ink is supposed to fade less over time, although the letters are already the color of shadow instead of night.Death of a Metaphor by ~one-rosy-cheek
If I ever have a daughter, I want to name her Clarity. Or maybe Verity, which means "truth". But then again, I'm not sure I want to name her after myths. Nothing is clear, and I don't think I've ever held a truth since I was old enough to think.
Didn't Shakespeare once say that everything is a metaphor? Or maybe it wasn't Shakespeare… Come to think of it, I probably heard it f