Black fine line script lettering tattoo across the side ribs of a woman with long dark hair, wearing a black bra.

Black script lettering on the side ribs

Lettering · Ribs · Black and grey · Photo

A side view of a woman with long dark hair and a black bra shows a small black script tattoo running horizontally across her left side ribs, below the bra band. The lettering is thin, consistent linework in solid black ink with no shading. The background is a dim indoor room, and the framing crops the face out of view.

Lettering Fine line Ribs Script Lettering Word

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A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

The kettle has boiled twice while I've been writing, Tom, and I keep losing my place because the stove ticks like a clock wound too tight. Mam says you won't write back till spring. She's probably right. She's usually right about boats.

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The harbour office sent the parcel on Tuesday, the one with your wages in it and a tin of the peppermints you like. Tucked inside was the postcard from Lisbon with the line of handwriting across the back, the one you said you'd copied off the baker's wall. I've read it so often the crease has gone soft. I still can't tell you what it means, but I've decided it means you're coming home.

Mr Okafor from the chandlery came by asking after you. He said the Marigold limped into Falmouth with a split sail and four of her crew, and that the men from her talk about you like a weather forecast. I didn't tell him I'd already pencilled your name on the wall by the back door, next to the height marks, so there'd be a line ready for spring.

Come back before the thaw. If the ink wears off the card, I'll write the words out again on the wall in my own hand, and you can check my spelling when you walk in. Your sister, Ruth.