Black and grey fine line tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds and small birds across the inner wrist and forearm.

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Dandelion seeds drifting across two wrists

Fine line · Forearm · Black and grey · Photo

A dandelion seed head with a thin stem sits on one wrist, with seeds and small bird silhouettes drifting across to the other wrist. The linework is delicate and fine, with soft grey shading on the petals and seed tufts. The image is a sepia-toned, black and grey photograph with plenty of empty skin around the design.

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Your father never could blow a dandelion clock properly. He puffed at it like a man putting out birthday candles, and half the seeds dropped onto his boots. Last Sunday I stood at the end of the allotment with the wind coming off the reservoir and tried it myself, counting the way you taught me, and got every seed to leave on the first breath.

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They went over the fence, past the Hendersons' shed and the bent plum tree. I watched them lift and drift, and then, further out, I swear some of them turned into sparrows. Small dark things, four or five of them, with the same quick wingbeat as the swifts that used to nest under the chapel roof before they pulled it down. I stood there like a fool with my hand still out.

I'm not writing to tell you to come home. You made your choice on the platform at Crewe and I won't undo it with a letter. Only the postmistress says the parcel you sent from Lisbon had a stamp with a bird on it, and I thought you'd want to know I noticed.

Mrs Okafor's boy is cutting the verge on Thursday, so there'll be nothing left to blow by the time this reaches you. Keep a seed in your coat pocket anyway. If it lands somewhere that wants it, let it take root. Love, Mum.

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