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Chris Evans

·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕 𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯𐑟

whose name did I write?

now, I don’t think I looked
anything like him
Chris Evans that is
him who married Billie Piper
the singer from Swindon

back in the mid 90s
it seemed like you would see
his gingery hair
and thick-rimmed NHS glasses
every time you turned on a TV

this was back before the internet
imagine that!
back when if you wanted
to watch a film at home
you’d have to hire a VHS video

and so it was
that me and my then girlfriend
went to a Blockbusters
in Gorse Hill
to get a copy of True Lies
or was it Pulp Fiction?
anyway
that detail got drowned out
by what happened next

on our way in
some youths on a bench
noticed my characteristics
the gingery hair
the thick-rimmed NHS glasses
and called out ‘Chris Evans’
they all laughed
I rolled my eyes
and tutted

in the shop
while we were browsing
there was some banging
on the window
which I ignored
but by the time we came out
a reasonable sized crowd
had formed outside

a bunch of people rushed at us
multiple voices lifted
‘Chris Evans’
‘Chris Evans’

I couldn’t raise my eyebrows
any higher
when someone thrust out
a paper and pen
and asked for an autograph

nearly thirty years later
I honestly can’t remember
whose name
I wrote

𐑣𐑵𐑟 𐑯𐑱𐑥 𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑲 𐑮𐑲𐑑?

𐑯𐑬 𐑲 𐑛𐑴𐑯𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑲 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑛
𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑞𐑦𐑙 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑣𐑦𐑥
·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕 𐑱𐑝𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟
𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑣𐑵 𐑥𐑨𐑮𐑰𐑛 ·𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑦 𐑐𐑲𐑐𐑼
𐑞 𐑕𐑦𐑙𐑼 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 ·𐑕𐑢𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑯

𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑯𐑲𐑯𐑑𐑰𐑟
𐑦𐑑 𐑕𐑰𐑥𐑛 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑿 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑕𐑰
𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑡𐑦𐑯𐑡𐑻𐑦 𐑣𐑺
𐑯 𐑔𐑦𐑒 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑛 ·𐑯𐑣𐑕 𐑒𐑤𐑨𐑕𐑩𐑟
𐑨𐑝𐑮𐑦 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑿 𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑛 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 ·𐑑𐑝

𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑚𐑦𐑓𐑹 𐑞 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑼𐑯𐑧𐑑
𐑦𐑥𐑨𐑡𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑!
𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑛
𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑗 𐑩 𐑓𐑦𐑤𐑥 𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑴𐑥
𐑿𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑑 𐑣𐑲𐑼 𐑩 ·𐑝𐑣𐑕 𐑝𐑦𐑛𐑰𐑴

𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑟
𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑥𐑰 𐑯 𐑥𐑲 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑜𐑻𐑤𐑓𐑮𐑧𐑯𐑛
𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑩 ·𐑚𐑤𐑪𐑒𐑚𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑼𐑟
𐑦𐑯 ·𐑜𐑹𐑕 𐑣𐑦𐑤
𐑑 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑩 𐑒𐑪𐑐𐑦 𐑝 ·𐑑𐑮𐑵 𐑤𐑲𐑟
𐑹 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑦𐑑 ·𐑐𐑳𐑤𐑐 𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯?
𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑢𐑱
𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑛𐑰𐑑𐑱𐑤 𐑜𐑪𐑑 𐑛𐑮𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑬𐑑
𐑚𐑲 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑩𐑯𐑛 𐑯𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑

𐑪𐑯 𐑬𐑼 𐑢𐑱 𐑦𐑯
𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑘𐑿𐑞𐑟 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 𐑚𐑧𐑯𐑗
𐑯𐑴𐑑𐑦𐑕𐑛 𐑥𐑲 𐑒𐑨𐑮𐑩𐑒𐑑𐑼𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑕
𐑞 𐑡𐑦𐑯𐑡𐑼𐑮𐑦 𐑣𐑺
𐑞 𐑞𐑦𐑒 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑛 ·𐑯𐑣𐑕 𐑜𐑤𐑨𐑕𐑩𐑟
𐑯 𐑒𐑹𐑤𐑛 𐑬𐑑 ‘·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕 𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯𐑟’
𐑞𐑱 𐑹𐑤 𐑤𐑨𐑓𐑛
𐑲 𐑮𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑥𐑲 𐑲𐑟
𐑯 𐑑𐑳𐑑𐑦𐑛

𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑖𐑪𐑐
𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑢𐑰 𐑢𐑻 𐑚𐑮𐑬𐑟𐑦𐑙
𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑚𐑨𐑙𐑦𐑙
𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑴
𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑲 𐑦𐑜𐑯𐑹𐑛
𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑞 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑢𐑰 𐑒𐑱𐑥 𐑬𐑑
𐑩 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑛 𐑒𐑮𐑬𐑛
𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑓𐑹𐑥𐑛 𐑬𐑑𐑕𐑲𐑛

𐑩 𐑚𐑳𐑯𐑗 𐑝 𐑐𐑰𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑮𐑳𐑖𐑛 𐑨𐑑 𐑳𐑕
𐑥𐑳𐑤𐑑𐑦𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑝𐑶𐑕𐑦𐑟 𐑤𐑦𐑓𐑑𐑦𐑛
‘·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕 𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯𐑟’
‘·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕 𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯𐑟’

𐑲 𐑒𐑫𐑛𐑯𐑑 𐑮𐑱𐑟 𐑥𐑲 𐑲𐑚𐑮𐑬𐑟
𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑣𐑲𐑼
𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑢𐑪𐑯 𐑔𐑮𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑬𐑑
𐑩 𐑐𐑱𐑐𐑼 𐑯 𐑐𐑧𐑯
𐑥 𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑛 𐑓𐑹 𐑩𐑯 𐑹𐑑𐑩𐑜𐑮𐑨𐑓

𐑯𐑰𐑼𐑤𐑦 𐑞𐑻𐑑𐑦 𐑘𐑰𐑼𐑟 𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑼
𐑲 𐑣𐑪𐑯𐑩𐑕𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑒𐑸𐑯𐑑 𐑮𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑥𐑚𐑼
𐑣𐑵𐑟 𐑯𐑱𐑥
𐑲 𐑮𐑴𐑑

(Shavian script)

Chris Evans & Billie Piper
Chris Evans & Billie Piper
HC: 2022