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zebra

𐑟𐑧𐑚𐑮𐑩

Joolz wanted to buy the zebra
it was an actual zebra
stuffed
and standing about weirdly
in the second hand shop
the natural habitat
for terrible taxidermy specimens

the idea had seized her
and our chum Sally
and so it was
that the three of us
went to make the purchase

huh students!

anyway
it turns out it’s really hard
to lug about
African equine awkward
and very heavy

there was quite a way to go
and while they announced
amidst gales of laughter
that it was going to be called
Bret

(Bret?)

i decided to lift it
using the classic
fireman’s lift

as soon as i got it up
on my shoulders
i legged it
for home

after a quarter of a mile
or so
enduring the honking
of passing cars
i was shagged
so i put it down
and turned back

waaay in the distance
i could just make out
the waving
of arms and legs
as they lay on the floor
in convulsions

·𐑡𐑵𐑤𐑟 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑞 𐑟𐑧𐑚𐑮𐑩
𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑒𐑗𐑵𐑩𐑤 𐑟𐑧𐑚𐑮𐑩
𐑕𐑑𐑳𐑓𐑑
𐑯 𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑢𐑽𐑛𐑤𐑦
𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑖𐑪𐑐
𐑞 𐑯𐑨𐑗𐑼𐑩𐑤 𐑣𐑨𐑚𐑦𐑑𐑨𐑑
𐑓 𐑑𐑧𐑮𐑦𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑑𐑨𐑒𐑕𐑦𐑛𐑻𐑥𐑦 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑕𐑩𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑟

𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑕𐑰𐑟𐑛 𐑣𐑻
𐑯 𐑬𐑼 𐑗𐑳𐑥 ·𐑕𐑨𐑤𐑦
𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑟
𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑝 𐑳𐑕
𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑞 𐑐𐑻𐑗𐑩𐑕

𐑣𐑳 𐑕𐑑𐑿𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑕!

𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑢𐑱
𐑦𐑑 𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑟 𐑬𐑑 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑣𐑸𐑛
𐑑 𐑤𐑳𐑜 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑
·𐑨𐑓𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑯 𐑧𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑯 𐑷𐑒𐑢𐑼𐑛
𐑯 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑣𐑧𐑝𐑦

𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑩 𐑢𐑱 𐑑 𐑜𐑴
𐑯 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑞𐑱 𐑩𐑯𐑬𐑯𐑕𐑑
𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑛𐑕𐑑 𐑜𐑱𐑤𐑟 𐑝 𐑤𐑨𐑓𐑑𐑼
𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑜𐑴𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑚 𐑒𐑷𐑤𐑛
·𐑚𐑮𐑧𐑑

(·𐑚𐑮𐑧𐑑?)

𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑲𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑑 𐑤𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑦𐑑
𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑒𐑤𐑨𐑕𐑦𐑒
𐑓𐑲𐑼𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑤𐑦𐑓𐑑

𐑨𐑟 𐑕𐑵𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑲 𐑜𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑳𐑐
𐑪𐑯 𐑥𐑲 𐑖𐑴𐑤𐑛𐑼𐑟
𐑲 𐑤𐑧𐑜𐑛 𐑦𐑑
𐑓 𐑣𐑴𐑥

𐑨𐑓𐑑𐑼 𐑩 𐑒𐑢𐑹𐑑𐑼 𐑝 𐑩 𐑥𐑲𐑤
𐑹 𐑕𐑴
𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑘𐑹𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑣𐑪𐑙𐑒𐑦𐑙
𐑝 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑒𐑸𐑟
𐑲 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑖𐑨𐑜𐑛
𐑕𐑴 𐑲 𐑐𐑫𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑛𐑬𐑯
𐑯 𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑛 𐑚𐑨𐑒

𐑢𐑱𐑱𐑱 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑕
𐑲 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑬𐑑
𐑞 𐑢𐑱𐑝𐑦𐑙
𐑝 𐑸𐑥𐑟 𐑯 𐑤𐑧𐑜𐑟
𐑨𐑟 𐑞𐑱 𐑤𐑱 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑤𐑹
𐑦𐑯 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑝𐑳𐑤𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟

(Shavian script)

taxidermy zebra
taxidermy zebra
HC: 2022-11