friday night is a slow fanta sy! of pretty chinese girls in i-ta suki of brilliant remembering of SMP years of clean-cut dismembering of Continue reading “manzania”
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Ode to an Esmod graduate
O my brilliant Esmod graduate!Intimidate me with yer knowledge of crushed velour!Of dandyism that begins at the waistcoat and never ends at the spats!I envy yer débutante graduate show!Yer interplanetary glitter! Yer second-hand, much-loved, half-bakedIdée fixesOf glamD’or!I envy yer year at Central St Martins!Yer 3-month residency at Marc Jacob’s brie-smelling workshopNext to that patisserie tunisienneContinue reading “Ode to an Esmod graduate”
Child
Rating: ★★★ Category: Other It’s useless to believeYou can say anything with flowers -Sitor Situmorang, ‘Anak’, Malam Sutera, Matahari, hlm. 118.
Lord Byron, where hath thou been
Di antara segala macam digresi yang kau paksakanHamam di 18ème arrondissement, sate onta BeduinHarem di pabrik kertas Slough, naik tobogan macanSestina guru yoga, Wordsworth yang seperti MiminDengan jari dan ujung rambutku aku bisa merasakanDi balik ottava rima-mu yang mulus seperti beringinSebenarnya kau hanya ingin menancapkan hatiDi pucuk lilin yang menyala di kamar kosmu di Trinity.
Brilliant disguise (so not)
Restoran itu punya semacam Hindia Belanda chic, dengan pelayan2 tua berambut klimis, berjas putih dengan trimming merah di kerah dan ujung lengan yang menyembunyikan daki, piring logam berkompartemen yang tergantung dari film apa saja yang menemani anda waktu remaja bergaya kafeteria sekolah atau penjara, dan poster2 kaleng bergambar menu2 makanannya circa Pemilu 1955.Tak ada AC.Continue reading “Brilliant disguise (so not)”
Le misérable
Di sebuah taman kecil di seberang Notre Dame aku duduk di bangku batu Di sampingku sekantung pita bread berisi falafel, tabouleh, beberapa biji zaitun Sekaleng Orangina rasa sitrun Mereka harus menunggu Di tanganku buku tipis Remembering William Carlos Williams, NDP811 —James Laughlin, seorang penyair medioker, tapi jujur Membaca surat pertama yang ditulis Bill setelah stroke-nyaContinue reading “Le misérable”
‘Tis clear thou art a loon
The aim of yer chosen passageOf charming masks and bergamotsThe joy of Lot and a quasi-danceThe sadness of yer fantastic disguise Chant in yer minor mode!Love is vain and life opportunistic!The air, the cross, the magic hourThe son & a mêlée on the moon The calm air on the moon is full of tears, beautifulTheContinue reading “‘Tis clear thou art a loon”
‘Tis clear thou art a loon
The aim of yer chosen passageOf charming masks and bergamotsThe joy of Lot and a quasi-danceThe sadness of yer fantastic disguise Chant in yer minor mode!Love is vain and life opportunistic!The air, the cross, the magic hourThe son & a mêlée on the moon The calm air on the moon is full of tears, beautifulTheContinue reading “‘Tis clear thou art a loon”
William II of Akron
william t. vollmann caught the last plane to jakarta from akron, oh. not a direct flight, of course. nothing flies direct out of akron, oh. he landed at the soekarno-hatta international airport when it was still missing all its toilet doors. there were pools of urine and cigarette butts in the bottom of the urinals,Continue reading “William II of Akron”
Tuti Artic
Between happiness now, and happiness tomorrow: a vast canyon beckons I watch you smile as you lick your Artic ice-block; Let these cream puffs + Coca Cola decorate my love for you, My future wife: stop the tickling of the clock. You are an excellent kisser already, I can still feel your lips on mineContinue reading “Tuti Artic”
Divagyrations 