Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper riding a motorcycle and holding a scythe, on the forearm, with a partly visible banner above.

Grim reaper riding a motorcycle on a forearm

Traditional · Forearm · Mixed · Photo

A hooded grim reaper with a yellow-shaded skull sits on a motorcycle seen from the front, holding a scythe with a red drip on the blade. Bold black outlines define the figure, with grey shading on the cloak and wheels and flat red and yellow fills on the skull and tank. A dark backing shape frames the figure, and the top edge shows part of a banner with the word forever.

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Dear Nell,

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You'll not believe the week I've had on nights at St Aldric's. Ward 7 is quiet until about three, then the lift starts up on its own and the corridor goes cold as a fridge. Last Tuesday Sister Okafor told me to stop mopping the same square yard of lino and go and look out of the loading bay, because there was a bike parked by the bins with its engine ticking over. Black tank, a red jewel on the cowl catching the sodium lights, and a rider sat hunched in a hood as if he'd been waiting all night for a lift.

I went out in my clogs with the bleach bucket for a shield, which I know is daft. He didn't look up. His scythe was propped against the handlebars, and a thin red drip ran down the blade the way wet paint runs off a brush. I said, "We're full, love, try the Co-op," which sounds mad written down, but it's what came out. He tipped his head, and the skull under the hood grinned at me like it had been told a joke it liked.

Here's the thing. He wasn't after anyone on Ward 7 that night. Old Mr Pryce went peacefully at quarter past four with his daughter holding his hand and the radio on low, playing the football results he'd missed. I checked the chart twice. When I came back out at five, the bike was gone and the bins had been knocked over, that's all.

Right, I'm off to bed. Tell Mam I'm eating. Love, Dee.

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