Read the stanza below from the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro and answer the question that follows. If I could trade places with him I would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet a

Read the stanza below from the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro and answer the question that follows. If I could trade places with him I would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds I would scrub the numbers from his flesh Extinguish the fire and give him back his life What does gauze symbolize in the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro?