mikaeljohani

letter from the artist as a young man to a young poet as an old man

your freezer hasn’t worked for a long time, you need to defrost. sunflower seeds for pine nuts work but turmeric for saffron? don’t cut corners in a circle. if you meet someone pretty forget it, she’s not meant for you. go for the abandoned garlic cloves in the corners of bars. they will keep youContinue reading “letter from the artist as a young man to a young poet as an old man”

mencina

kinezopeisi, or the panacea of the greeks kalo nggak panas ya masuk angin i find it amazing that in a city of 12 million desperados i can’t find a single decent trustworthy air conditioner technician! perhaps she is right we all listen to the rumble of chariots (no it is not in our hearts!) tooContinue reading “mencina”

mati metafora*

poetry has taught me to experience pain without having to stop for ice cream i saw you on the street the other day but you were a different person the metro mini ran over a dog this morning my friend complained of having lost her ability to dream i tweeted the fact that there isContinue reading “mati metafora*”

thought (blank)

so what if i did visit you at your house you might’ve imagined it too (in a tumblr reverie) the furniture won’t be disturbed we’d have a bit of chit-chat in the living room then it’s straight to your bed the silence of pillow cases the empathy of burning windows je suis toujours unfaithful youContinue reading “thought (blank)”

button

i went to toko maju to buy a vintage button mbak, ada butons Briare nggak? as always, i was expecting the best out of people do you not get disappointed with life, you ask not having you even as a possibility in my life is disappointment enough everything else is child’s playdate sometimes i wonderContinue reading “button”

belly

heaven is a displacement on earth a submerged gorge and three constant burgeoning forth of ten thousand clouds born of rock and shivering bamboos i always lose my way in a forest of i must do it // this way can’t see the wood for the freeze! giant eels careening in overtly familiar territory

stadium

1. my life is not a bare ruined discotheque 2. you have lost a lot of weight from wearing braces 3. he heals his pain of being impure at heart 4. by riding a bicycle 5. around the lake at hangchow 6. plum blossoms stop in mid-air 7. the green water shimmering 8. i cannotContinue reading “stadium”

fora

1. i think i may have found the key 2. no-mind in hyper-intellectual tzu-jan 3. i feel like punching my lcd monitor 4. when i found out it was early 2009 5. i could’ve made you happy 6. i could’ve pulled the rug from under you 7. but i’m in way over my head 8.Continue reading “fora”

illuminations of ulysses

our family just can’t tolerate success! true, even if everything depends upon a red wheelbarrow. your name is minke, what is mine? you don’t have to be beautiful to turn me on, no, not when dandyism begins at the waistcoat and ends at the spatz. jaleswariiiii! whatcha doin? i met ferdinand de saussure, what iContinue reading “illuminations of ulysses”

duck

boil two saucepans of water. mix with cold tap water. dip hand in water to see how hot. if yer hand hurts then the indigo dyed selvage canvas will hurt too. ember too small to add more cold water to reduce heat tho so what the hell. hell to the yo. turn vest inside out.Continue reading “duck”