Small colour tattoo of a crescent moon with a soft purple and pink watercolour wash and a pink script word beneath it, on the side of the torso above black jeans.

Purple crescent moon on the side ribs

Ribs · Colour · Photo

A crescent moon sits on the side of the torso above the waistband of black jeans, with a soft purple shading that fades to pink along the lower edge. The fill has a loose, watercolour-like texture rather than hard outlines. A small pink script word sits just below the moon, and the white top above frames the photograph against a plain light background.

Ribs Crescent moon Moon Script Word

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A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Dear Tom, the boat went back into the water on Tuesday with the new engine, and Dad stood in the shallows to his knees swearing at the shingle until the keel came free. You'd have laughed. Mum held the lantern and I held the rope, and when the tide turned he put his shoulder to the stern and roared at the pair of us to push.

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The moon was only a paring that night, a purple thing hanging over the harbour wall, going pink where it sat low on the water. I kept looking up at it instead of the boat. Mrs Pritchard from the chapel says a thin moon is the sky trimming its nails, which is the sort of thing she says. I didn't tell her you'd have called it a bad omen and gone straight to the pub.

Dad's hands were raw by the time she floated. He didn't thank anyone. He stood there breathing hard, then said the word again, quieter, as if it were meant for the moon and not for us, and went up the slipway to bed.

I've hung your oilskins by the back door so they'll be dry when you're home. The engine ticks over like a clock now. Come back before the next dark moon and bring that tin of tea you promised. Your loving sister, Nell.