Crass Tattoo

My twenty-fourth birthday, the day I was inscribed
 With the sacred emblem I will wear until I die
 My twenty-fourth birthday, I made my solemn vow
 Praying, "may I never know more than I know now"
 My right arm, I dedicated to that noble cause
 To dismantle authority and nullify all laws
 And construct in their vacancy a kinder, juster world
 One human race united beneath the black flag unfurled
 The piercing of the needle as tainted blood runs clean
 The shattering of shackles hithertofore unseen
 The thrill of knowing purpose, of wondering no more
 The journey laid before me at only twenty-four
 Right arm, do no evil--right arm, please be true
 Right arm, swing for righteousness
 You wear a Crass tattoo