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two wheeled tiger

𐑑𐑵 𐑢𐑰𐑤𐑛 𐑑𐑲𐑜𐑼

we somehow acquired
a clapped out motorbike
a washing up liquid bottle
for a fuel tank
front brake lever repurposed
as a throttle

the engine actually ran
it was very exciting
but the time spent
naming it “the tiger”
and painting it with stripes
would’ve been better spent
fixing its saddle

at last they gave me a go
on nearby parkland
instructions were given
right brake lever
go
left brake lever
stop
I don’t recall
if gears were involved
such details drowned out
by the intoxication
of the burbling motor
the smell
of popping petrol smoke

by gosh I think I had it
and off I went

bouncing across the grass
the saddle immediately gave way
I slid off the back
the rubber of the back wheel
dangerously close

highly motivated
to keep my boyhood danglies
from being erased
I spontaneously demonstrated
the yoga pose known
as “the scorpion”

from such a position
I was unable to release my grip
on the throttle

weeeeeeee!

such exertions
had taken my attention
from any notion of steering
as it lurched and bounced
around the grassy banks

far too late
I noticed a young tree
supported by cables
approaching at a bit more
than running speed

my neck proved
heroically tougher
than the diagonal wire
that pinged me backwards

the tiger
had a brief spell
of freedom
before it collapsed
into a heap
and growled

𐑢𐑰 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑣𐑬 𐑩𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼𐑛
𐑩 𐑒𐑤𐑨𐑐𐑛 𐑬𐑑 𐑥𐑴𐑑𐑼𐑚𐑲𐑒
𐑩 𐑢𐑪𐑖𐑦𐑙 𐑳𐑐 𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑦𐑛 𐑚𐑪𐑑𐑩𐑤
𐑓 𐑩 𐑓𐑿𐑩𐑤 𐑑𐑨𐑙𐑒
𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑯𐑑 𐑚𐑮𐑱𐑒 𐑤𐑰𐑝𐑼 𐑮𐑰𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑳𐑕𐑛
𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑔𐑮𐑪𐑑𐑩𐑤

𐑞 𐑧𐑯𐑡𐑦𐑯 𐑨𐑒𐑗𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑮𐑨𐑯
𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑸𐑑𐑦𐑙
𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑑
𐑯𐑱𐑥𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 “𐑞 ·𐑑𐑲𐑜𐑼”
𐑯 𐑐𐑱𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑲𐑐𐑕
𐑢𐑫𐑛𐑝 𐑚𐑰𐑯 𐑚𐑧𐑑𐑼 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑑
𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑕𐑨𐑛𐑩𐑤

𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑔𐑱 𐑜𐑱𐑝 𐑥𐑰 𐑩 𐑜𐑴
𐑪𐑯 𐑯𐑽𐑚𐑲 𐑐𐑸𐑒𐑤𐑨𐑯𐑛
𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑳𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑢𐑻 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯
𐑮𐑲𐑑 𐑚𐑮𐑱𐑒 𐑤𐑰𐑝𐑼
𐑜𐑴
𐑤𐑧𐑓𐑑 𐑚𐑮𐑱𐑒 𐑤𐑰𐑝𐑼
𐑕𐑑𐑪𐑐
𐑲 𐑛𐑴𐑯𐑑 𐑮𐑩𐑒𐑭𐑤
𐑦𐑓 𐑜𐑰𐑼𐑟 𐑢𐑻 𐑦𐑯𐑓𐑪𐑤𐑓𐑛
𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑛𐑰𐑑𐑱𐑤𐑟 𐑛𐑮𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑬𐑑
𐑚𐑲 𐑞 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑪𐑒𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯
𐑓 𐑞 𐑚𐑻𐑚𐑩𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑥𐑴𐑑𐑼
𐑞 𐑕𐑥𐑧𐑤
𐑓 𐑐𐑪𐑐𐑦𐑙 𐑐𐑧𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑥𐑴𐑒

𐑚𐑲 𐑜𐑪𐑖 𐑲 𐑞𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑦𐑑
𐑯 𐑪𐑓 𐑲 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑

𐑚𐑬𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑒𐑮𐑪𐑕 𐑞 𐑜𐑮𐑨𐑕
𐑞 𐑕𐑨𐑛𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑥𐑰𐑛𐑾𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑜𐑱𐑝 𐑢𐑱
𐑲 𐑕𐑤𐑦𐑛 𐑪𐑓 𐑞 𐑚𐑨𐑒
𐑞 𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑼 𐑓 𐑞 𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑢𐑰𐑤
𐑛𐑱𐑯𐑡𐑼𐑳𐑕𐑤𐑦 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑕

𐑣𐑲𐑤𐑦 𐑥𐑴𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑛
𐑑 𐑒𐑰𐑐 𐑥𐑲 𐑚𐑶𐑣𐑫𐑛 𐑛𐑨𐑙𐑜𐑤𐑰𐑟
𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑮𐑱𐑟𐑛
𐑲 𐑕𐑐𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑱𐑯𐑾𐑕𐑤𐑦 𐑛𐑧𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑛
𐑞 𐑘𐑴𐑜𐑩 𐑐𐑴𐑟 𐑯𐑴𐑯
𐑨𐑟 𐑞 ·𐑕𐑒𐑹𐑐𐑾𐑯

𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑩 𐑐𐑩𐑟𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯
𐑲 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑳𐑯𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑮𐑩𐑤𐑰𐑕 𐑥𐑲 𐑜𐑮𐑦𐑐
𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑔𐑮𐑪𐑑𐑩𐑤

𐑢𐑰𐑰𐑰𐑰𐑰𐑰𐑰𐑰!

𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑨𐑜𐑟𐑻𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟
𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑩𐑯 𐑥𐑲 𐑨𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑖𐑩𐑯
𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑯𐑴𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑓 𐑕𐑑𐑰𐑼𐑦𐑙
𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑤𐑻𐑗𐑛 𐑯 𐑚𐑬𐑯𐑕𐑛
𐑩𐑮𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑞 𐑜𐑮𐑨𐑕𐑦 𐑚𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑕

𐑓𐑸 𐑑𐑵 𐑤𐑱𐑑
𐑲 𐑯𐑴𐑑𐑦𐑕𐑛 𐑩 𐑘𐑳𐑙 𐑑𐑮𐑰
𐑕𐑳𐑐𐑹𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑒𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤𐑟
𐑩𐑐𐑮𐑴𐑗𐑦𐑙 𐑨𐑑 𐑩 𐑚𐑦𐑑 𐑥𐑹
𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑮𐑳𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑐𐑰𐑛

𐑥𐑲 𐑯𐑧𐑒 𐑐𐑮𐑵𐑝𐑛
𐑣𐑰𐑮𐑴𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑦 𐑑𐑳𐑓𐑼
𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑞 𐑛𐑲𐑨𐑜𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑢𐑲𐑼
𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑐𐑧𐑙𐑛 𐑥𐑰 𐑚𐑨𐑒𐑢𐑻𐑛𐑟

𐑞 ·𐑑𐑲𐑒𐑼
𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑩 𐑚𐑮𐑰𐑓 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑤
𐑓 𐑓𐑮𐑰𐑛𐑩𐑥
𐑚𐑩𐑓𐑹 𐑦𐑑 𐑒𐑩𐑤𐑨𐑐𐑕𐑛
𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑩 𐑣𐑰𐑐
𐑯 𐑜𐑮𐑬𐑩𐑤𐑛

(Shavian script)

the boys
the boys
HC: 202210