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dictionary

๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘ผ๐‘ฆ

in a dictionary of missing words
the story of a missing life

the self utters itself
thus a person is narrated
into being

I search the clamour and anguish
of a language not my own
for a true word

๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฉ ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘ผ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฆ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘ข๐‘ป๐‘›๐‘Ÿ
๐‘ž ๐‘•๐‘‘๐‘น๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฆ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘ฒ๐‘“

๐‘ž ๐‘•๐‘ง๐‘ค๐‘“ ๐‘ณ๐‘‘๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘•๐‘ง๐‘ค๐‘“
๐‘ž๐‘ณ๐‘• ๐‘ฉ ๐‘๐‘ป๐‘•๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฏ๐‘ผ๐‘ฑ๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘›
๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ต ๐‘š๐‘ฐ๐‘ฆ๐‘™

๐‘ฒ ๐‘•๐‘ป๐‘— ๐‘ž ๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘จ๐‘ฅ๐‘ผ ๐‘ฏ ๐‘จ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ฆ๐‘–
๐‘ ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ค๐‘จ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ฆ๐‘ก ๐‘ฏ๐‘ช๐‘‘ ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฒ ๐‘ด๐‘ฏ
๐‘“ ๐‘ฉ ๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ต ๐‘ข๐‘ป๐‘›

(Shavian script)


Written for the Dictionary of Missing Words Project
It morphed into murmurations

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HC: 2023