penalty
𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑑𐑦
we were duffers at footy
but my mate had a penalty
eight or nine years old
school playground
somehow
he managed to half miss
spin around and fall over
the ball lazed away
diagonally backwards
everyone laughed
except Oxley
he flew into a rage
and started kicking
my supine chum
kicking hard too
so I pushed him away
what else?
the red mist had come
but I wasn’t ready
he punched me repeatedly
piston like
both hands
in the face
the
feel
of
the
wool
of
his
gloves
on
my
cheek
bones
surprisingly ineffective
I couldn’t hit him back
where his piston arms
were pumping
so moving my thumb
over my finger
door knocking position
aimed at his temple
swung round the outside
and connected
the squishy hard impact
didn’t feel like much
but down he went
like a dropped towel
curled into a ball
we left him
the footy continued
later he was seen orbitting
around
around
the not so playful
playground
handkerchief to his eyes
head down
“sorry Hughie”
he said
when the bell rang
𐑢𐑰 𐑢𐑻 𐑛𐑳𐑓𐑼𐑟 𐑨𐑑 𐑓𐑫𐑑𐑦
𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑥𐑲 𐑥𐑱𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑩 𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑑𐑦
𐑱𐑑 𐑹 𐑯𐑲𐑯 𐑘𐑽𐑟 𐑴𐑤𐑛
𐑕𐑒𐑵𐑤 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑜𐑮𐑬𐑯𐑛
𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑣𐑬
𐑣𐑰 𐑥𐑨𐑯𐑦𐑡𐑛 𐑑 𐑣𐑭𐑓 𐑥𐑦𐑕
𐑕𐑐𐑦𐑯 𐑼𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑯 𐑓𐑷𐑤 𐑴𐑝𐑼
𐑞 𐑚𐑷𐑤 𐑤𐑱𐑟𐑛 𐑩𐑢𐑱
𐑛𐑲𐑨𐑜𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑚𐑨𐑒𐑢𐑼𐑛𐑟
𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑤𐑨𐑓𐑑
𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑑 ·𐑪𐑒𐑕𐑤𐑦
𐑣𐑰 𐑓𐑤𐑵 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑩 𐑮𐑱𐑡
𐑯 𐑕𐑑𐑸𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑒𐑦𐑒𐑦𐑙
𐑥𐑲 𐑕𐑵𐑐𐑲𐑯 𐑗𐑳𐑥
𐑒𐑦𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑣𐑸𐑛 𐑑𐑵
𐑕𐑴 𐑲 𐑐𐑫𐑖𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑩𐑢𐑱
𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑧𐑤𐑕?
𐑞 𐑮𐑧𐑛 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑒𐑳𐑥
𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑲 𐑢𐑪𐑟𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑦
𐑣𐑰 𐑐𐑳𐑯𐑗𐑑 𐑥𐑰 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑤𐑦
𐑐𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑯 𐑤𐑲𐑒
𐑚𐑴𐑔 𐑣𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑟
𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑱𐑕
𐑞
𐑓𐑰𐑤
𐑝
𐑞
𐑢𐑫𐑤
𐑝
𐑣𐑦𐑟
𐑜𐑤𐑳𐑝𐑟
𐑪𐑯
𐑥𐑲
𐑗𐑰𐑒
𐑚𐑴𐑯𐑟
𐑕𐑼𐑐𐑮𐑲𐑟𐑦𐑙𐑤𐑦 𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑝
𐑲 𐑒𐑫𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑚𐑨𐑒
𐑢𐑺 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑯 𐑸𐑥𐑟
𐑢𐑻 𐑐𐑳𐑥𐑐𐑦𐑙
𐑕𐑴 𐑥𐑵𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑥𐑲 𐑔𐑳𐑥
𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑥𐑲 𐑓𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑼
𐑛𐑹 𐑯𐑪𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑐𐑩𐑟𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯
𐑱𐑥𐑛 𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤
𐑕𐑢𐑳𐑙 𐑮𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑞 𐑬𐑑𐑕𐑲𐑛
𐑯 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑩𐑛
𐑞 𐑕𐑒𐑢𐑦𐑖𐑦 𐑣𐑸𐑛 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑨𐑒𐑑
𐑛𐑦𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑥𐑳𐑗
𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑣𐑰 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑
𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑩 𐑛𐑮𐑪𐑐𐑑 𐑑𐑬𐑩𐑤
𐑒𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑩 𐑚𐑷𐑤
𐑢𐑰 𐑤𐑧𐑓𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑥
𐑞 𐑓𐑫𐑑𐑦 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑯𐑿𐑛
𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑼 𐑣𐑰 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑕𐑰𐑯 𐑹𐑚𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑙
𐑼𐑬𐑯𐑛
𐑼𐑬𐑯𐑛
𐑞 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑴 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑓𐑩𐑤
𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑜𐑮𐑬𐑯𐑛
𐑣𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑼𐑗𐑦𐑓 𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑲𐑟
𐑣𐑧𐑛 𐑛𐑬𐑯
“𐑕𐑪𐑮𐑦 ·𐑣𐑿𐑦”
𐑣𐑰 𐑕𐑧𐑛
𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑞 𐑚𐑧𐑤 𐑮𐑨𐑙
