I was woken up by the phone ringing. It was loud. I had thought of setting the ringer volume lower for months. But I’m afraid my mother would get angry. She wants it loud. So does my father. I had set the volume lower one time and my mother couldn’t hear a call from oneContinue reading “flower crotch”
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Hey folks
when youre on your own yo do many things that totally exhaust you. you do it for fun. for the expectation of fun. you just do it. you like it. you do have fun.
minor poet
why copy the masters becuz the night becuz the princess of peacocks got syphilis off a french boulangerie patisserien ‘masa ini ann demeleumeester ?’ ‘no way fuck you mister !’ becuz i got nuthin to say apart from a thin description of a pack of everest and a fascimile of Gedong Lami define : cut//copy
pengumuman kematian dan tata cara penguburan
kenapa maghrib datang lebih cepat daripada langit biru keemasan kenapa rumput jarum menusuk lekat pada adzan pilu di liang lahat lihatlah adikku, karawang luas terlalu luas bagi bapak dan lubang selang di lehernya yang baru selesai membiru
sastra kesaksian atau romantika semata?
esei damhuri muhammad di kompas minggu (2/8/09), yang berjudul ‘romantika pasca-enam lima’, meminjam istilah pengarangnya sendiri adalah tulisan yang tidak ‘akan berdiri sebagai peristiwa yang mandiri’. kita perlu memperhitungkan ‘fakta-fakta’ di luar ‘esei’ ini. membaca esei ini saya jadi sadar, damhuri memang hidup di masa ‘pasca-65’ tapi mungkin bukan tahun 2009. begitu takutnya dia denganContinue reading “sastra kesaksian atau romantika semata?”
express yourself, water babe
I entertain the thought of not being able to see my water babe grow big enough to swim across the arctic waters So does my wife In her ladybug bikini How will the red of the ladybugs’ wings run in the cold black water ? I say, thank you Clovique, for fast-forwarding my life toContinue reading “express yourself, water babe”
Tante Sophie
around the same time i decided to publish The Book, i bought a new vespa too. and by ‘bought a new vespa’ i meant buying a vespa that is new. 2007 issue. but the newness is not the point. what is the point. off all this shit. the shit is the relationship i had withContinue reading “Tante Sophie”
After Lunch
After Po Chü-i After eating lunch, I feel so 3.0. Waking later, I sip two Ventis of green tea frappuccino, then notice the Sarinah building aslant, the sun already low behind Tenabang again. Joyful people resent Twitterless days. Sad ones can’t bear the slow connection at their offices. It’s those with no joy and noContinue reading “After Lunch”
candidate for mare help
candidate for mare help you are my mind can’t go anywhere yeah oh yeah this is not artistry! you betcha it doesn’t move me not unlike biji sesawi
kritisisme anyar
dialog sing asale soko blog favoritku iki (tulisan nang ngisor iki luwih iso dinikmati nang kono): anggoro gunawan: ing basa jawa, tembung kriya (kata kerja) iku ora kaya basa inggris sing nduwèni wektu. tembung turu, mbok saiki, wingi, sesuk, utawa kapan waè tetep “turu.” beda karo sleep, slept, sleep. wong jawa mataraman sing akrab karoContinue reading “kritisisme anyar”