i scrubbed two years clean off the wastafel the toilet seat the shower curtains the bathroom mirror flecked with toothpaste smudged with my fingerprints from trying to clean it i ran wet wipes on the window sill picked black lints with bare fingers shook curtains with verve what’s left from life let billions of dustContinue reading “casa de yarra”
Author Archives: mikaeljohani
lit progens
terpicu (btw, sejak kapan “terpantik” mulai membunuh “terpicu” pelan-pelan?) oleh post nike, aku juga jadi ingin bercerita tentang orang-orang (ada juga sih yang bukan orang) yang bikin aku jadi ingin membaca, entah mulai membaca, atau membaca sesuatu yang lain, atau membaca hal-hal yang sama dengan cara yang berbeda. list berikut in no particular order: 1.Continue reading “lit progens”
trrrkk
peeps in hospital masks walk up and down rubbish bins suspended in mid air the muzak plays your arteries like Shakespeare i know i’m not alone i wipe tears off my brow with the back of my hand someone was buying a ketoprak for someone else and he had his head blown off with aContinue reading “trrrkk”
IOU
the night is decrepit. tempus, fuck it. i needed to know, now, i know. come closer. justice for the nonce, meng? cor, blimey. quiz me on vices, orthodoxies, proprieties, o seed of love! the pier is rotting, your pretty feet, a saving grace. banish me to the realm of letters, imbibe regret with every oxfordContinue reading “IOU”
supren
let me please break down says the muzak the cockerel the bowls the green the beans the chicken porridge the plate the brie enjoy nothing regret nothing chop chop chop the livers the gizzards the hearts the lungs chop chop chop the days the weeks hyperloop the years the sun adamantine the deli adamantine theContinue reading “supren”
Stop asking is this puisi, no one’s interested in your answer
Ditulis untuk Kongkow Jawara Puisi di Teater Kecil Taman Ismail Marzuki, Dewan Kesenian Jakarta 14 Desember 2016 Sebuah sayembara puisi hanyalah een rimpeltje in de oceaan, a ripple in the ocean, sebuah riak di tengah samudra usaha kanonisasi Puisi Indonesia, proses yang tak bosan-bosannya berlangsung sejak skena Pujangga Lama sampai sekarang skena Pujangga Hallmark. TermasukContinue reading “Stop asking is this puisi, no one’s interested in your answer”
ramsay
hey, i went there again yesterday. about the same time we went there 11 years ago. same liquid yellow sun. same special fx glow on the leaves and the life of concrete around us. there is a flyover now where there was a railroad track. it was quiet there, unlike then when we visited. thisContinue reading “ramsay”
tewas 2
they’re all tevas to me. you might have a different name, but i have never remembered it. do you think a bullet can bounce off a car window? the maître d’s cheong sam looked a bit dishevelled. two days ago. she said my sentences run on to each other. some of them just don’t work.Continue reading “tewas 2”
tidak ada poetry
sebuah lorong di bawah rel kereta api yang bukan tempat tinggalku, sampah yang menghitam dari api dan sikap acuh pejalan kaki, semprotan DDT yang sebentar aku kira asap sate, tidak ada poetry. aku berjalan tegap lurus ke depan, sol sepatuku kulit, hand-made, mengetuk aspal seperti bosan, tidak ada poetry. aku berjalan menggandeng anakku perempuan, menghindariContinue reading “tidak ada poetry”
cultuurstelsel
after a great pooling/unspooling of energy, the room tried to contain xerxes, music in hyper slo-mo, no music but the afternoon light, propeller blades bouncing off each other. listen to intelligent, oversmart/obtuse, dance music. what do you do exactly when you reappropriate the ancients? after a great pooling/unspooling of energy, a hand gesture there, aContinue reading “cultuurstelsel”
Divagyrations 