Black fine line tattoo of an upward triangle crossed by a horizontal line, above a downward triangle, on the inner wrist, in a black and white photo.

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Triangle and diamond on the inner wrist

Fine line · Forearm · Black and grey · Photo

A small black tattoo of an upward triangle with a horizontal line through its upper part, joined to a downward-pointing triangle so the two form a diamond-like shape. The linework is thin and even, with no shading, and the ink is solid black. The design is centred on a pale inner wrist against a dark background, in a black and white photograph.

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A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Dear Nell,

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The Bramley on the north wall has split its bark where the frost got in, so Dad has bound it with grafting tape and sworn at it for the best part of an hour. I've been doing the grafts myself since Tuesday. He lets me now, provided I cut the scion at the same slant as the stock and don't waste the good wood. Before he let me touch the knife, he drew two triangles in the damp sawdust on the bench, one point up with a bar across its top, the other point down, joined at the base so they made a kite of sorts. That's Grandad's mark, he said. He cut it into the bench for every graft that took. Point up is what you take from the tree, point down is what you give back to the ground.

I thought it was nonsense, the sort of thing old men say to make the work feel holier than it is. Then I made my own cut on Thursday and the green cambium lined up under the blade like two people finding the same step in the dark. I sat on the upturned crate for a while after that, not doing anything, just looking at it. I should tell you I've taken the job in Bristol. I was going to say it properly over the phone, but the signal in the top orchard is useless and I didn't want to shout it across the rows.

The union is wrapped now, and when I peeled back the tape this morning the seam had already begun to green, a faint line where the two pieces had agreed to become one. Dad didn't say anything. He just pressed a thumb along it, gently, the way you'd check a loaf. Then he took the knife and scratched the mark into the bench beside Grandad's, a little crooked, and handed me the blade.

Your sister, Mags

P.S. Tell Dad the Bramley is fine. He won't believe me otherwise.