Black script lettering tattoo on the back of a hand, which rests on a black object wrapped in plastic.

Script lettering tattoo on the hand

Lettering · Hand · Black and grey · Photo

A close photograph of a black script lettering tattoo across the back of a hand, with the hand gripping a black object wrapped in clear plastic. The linework is solid and even, with no visible shading. The ink is black against a dark background, and the composition is centred on the tattoo.

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Dear Tariq,

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The bundle you left on my kitchen table is still there, wrapped in cling film the way the depot men like it, and I have not touched it. Mum thinks I should put the kettle on top of it to keep the damp off the lino. I told her it is not my house to tidy. You always did leave things lying about for other people to sort out, and I suppose I have the same habit now, only with more patience.

The horn on the Greenwich run went at four this morning. I heard it from the top of Nan's old street and got up without deciding to. By the time I reached the slipway the gangway was already coming up, and you were standing at the rail with your hand flat against the wet paint as if checking it was still there. I shouted. You shouted back the thing you always say at the door, ami jai, and the wind took the rest. That is the last I have of you until the autumn sailing, if the ledger is kind.

Here is what I have decided. I am not opening the parcel. On Tuesday I am walking it down to Mr Okafor at the chandlery and letting him deal with the paperwork, because that is what grown men do, and I am tired of being the one who waits up. Mum says you will be back before the tide turns, the way you always are. Maybe. I have written your name on the calendar in pencil, so I can rub it out if I need to.

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