Fine line black and grey outline tattoo of a standing dog on the side of a ribcage, above a white bra strap.

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Dog outline on the ribs

Fine line · Ribs · Black and grey · Photo

A small, single-line outline of a standing dog in profile, with its tail raised, sits on the side of the ribcage. The linework is thin and even, with no shading, and the tattoo is shown in black ink on pale skin. The composition is tightly framed on the torso, with a white bra and a fold of fabric visible above and beside the design.

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A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

The ring has been sold for scrap, so the last show happens in a cattle field outside Spalding, and you are the one who has to bring Biscuit out under the lamps. Nobody else will touch the old hound now. Mr Vance has had posters printed with a lion that died years ago and a trapeze act that left in March, and he wants the dog to stand in the centre spot for the photographer from the county paper. You have brushed her coat until the grey wiry hair lies flat along her back.

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She has one trick left. Years ago she learned to stand square in profile, chin level, tail lifted like a flag, and hold it until someone said her name. Nothing else survived the wagons: not the hoop, not the ball, not the barrel she used to climb. Standing still was the only thing the old circus ever asked of her that she did perfectly. You walk her out past the empty benches and the sawdust gone grey with rain, and the photographer lifts his camera and says, just there, lovely, don't move.

The flash goes off. Vance is already talking about next year, a tent in Skegness, a new act with goats. You stop listening. You unclip the lead from her collar and fold it over your arm, and you wait for her to decide whether to follow you or the smell of the horses. She looks at the gap in the hedge, then back at you, and her tail stays up the whole way out of the light.

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