I am enough script on a shoulder
Fine line · Shoulder · Black and grey · Photo
A close sepia-toned photograph of a person's upper back and shoulder with a small line of cursive script reading I am enough. The lettering is thin, black and evenly weighted, and sits horizontally just below the shoulder line. The soft focus and warm tone leave the rest of the skin plain, with a fine chain and pearl pendant visible at the top left.
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Dear Tom, the ewes have started lambing early and Dad has gone quiet in the way he does when the numbers are wrong. I am writing this at the kitchen table with my boots still on, because the range has gone out twice since Tuesday and I would rather freeze in my socks than wait for it to warm.
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You asked in your last letter whether you should come home for the sale. I have read that line more times than I want to admit. You do not owe the farm a single day of your life. The gate at the bottom field still sticks and you still have to lift it, and I have stopped pretending I can do it without swearing.
Mum kept a card on the dresser, the one with the robin on it, and I found it in the drawer last night under the electricity bills. It said I am enough in her handwriting, in that looping pen she saved for birthdays. I never knew who she meant it for. I think it was Dad, the winter the bank came round, when he would not hear anything kind from anyone. I have decided to keep it for you, so put it in your coat and do not lose it on the train.
Write back. Tell me what the city is like in January and tell me you are eating properly. I will be out at six in the frost, breaking the ice on the trough with the hammer, and every time my fingers go numb I will think of you.
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