Small black Greek lettering reading agape in thin script on the inner forearm, shown in a close, soft-focus photo.

Greek word agape on forearm

Lettering · Forearm · Black and grey · Photo

A close photograph of a small tattoo of the Greek word agape in thin, black, hand-style lettering on the inner forearm. The strokes are fine and even, with the accent mark above the first letter. The pale skin and plain background keep the focus on the lettering, with no colour or shading.

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Dimitra had cut the accent mark from the lead type three times before it sat right. The baker on the corner of the old market wanted a board for his new window, one word only, in the thin hand the printers used before everyone had machines. "Agape," he said, turning his cap in his fingers. "That is all. Let people wonder what we sell."

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She set it by lamplight, each letter dropping into its groove with a small click, the first alpha carrying its slanted stroke like a raised eyebrow. Her son Nikos came in with rain on his shoulders and asked why she was working on a Sunday night. She told him the baker had paid in advance and the word would be finished before the mourners were out of the church. Nikos looked at the board for a long time and did not say anything clever, which was the best thing about him.

The sign went up on Monday. People read it on their way to the bread and bought their loaves and did not ask what it meant, because they already knew. Dimitra kept the spare accent, a sliver of lead no longer than a grain of rice, in the tin where she kept her buttons. When the baker's wife came back for a second order and asked for it, Dimitra told her it had been used up. It had not. She simply liked knowing where it was.

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