What does gauze symbolize in the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro?

I think the gauze would refer as protection and comfort. The narrator wanted to trade places with his father who had protected him throughout the holocaust. Throughout the poem, he knew his father was hurting. But his father chose to protect him from the soldiers. The gauze represents protection because he wants to take his father’s place and comfort him from the pain.

either a donut or a sphere or a pancake or a flat sphere. it depends on where the vertical line is.

if the line goes through the center of the circle and is perpendicular to a diameter containing the center, then you get a flat circle.

if the line and the diameter of a the circle meet in the center of the diameter and at an angle, you get a pancake.

if the line is on the circumference of the circle and is at right angles   to the circle you get a ring.

if the line contains the diameter, you get a sphere.

the the line is parallel to the diameter and touches the circumference, you get a donut.

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