mikaeljohani

you, and whose army?

The back of my neck hurts like an army of red ants Lady-farmers stomp up and down the golden hairs of dead paddies What would come out of the ivory white of my spine? red army

i saw a flower today. it was white the only white thing amongst a batallion of thick green leaves like bamboo spokes poking out of the earth like cannons. it had six long filaments (i counted them) hanging down its floral axis like old chinamen’s moustaches like the ghost orchid in adaptation except this flower wasContinue reading “flowerz”

Jakarta: Night

Sitor Situmorang At the corner of Kebon Sirih and Thamrin I stopped. And looked up at the neon lights blinking on rooftops. Metropolis! I freeze under the streetlights. Beyond the traffic lights I think, therefore I am. This is Jakarta not Hong Kong or Lake Toba. I left all that on a boat oneContinue reading “Jakarta: Night”

i’m a jism

find a place on the windowsills look across the lake black winter a crane mid- flight.

cunnamulla

a dog hangs by its entrails on a letterbox raised high from the earth. the red dust.

north of batavia, south of heaven

i saw a lot of death. start at the coffee stall that sold breakfast of dark brown broth in a pan chicken necks yellow tumeric-y skeletons of fish all over rice. only the rice was alive steaming like the garbage dump next to us. the men ate quickly “drink! give me drink!” a man inContinue reading “north of batavia, south of heaven”

busik

blue water like cheap mints. sun hot as a wok. the soft hair on your thighs, wilting, for more protection, from the hand running over. it’s hot hot hot out here. no need for the heat heat heat on your ipod. what are you trying to block out? the peace and quiet you’re looking forContinue reading “busik”

Digital Video Festival

Jimi Multhazam We are back To the future West of Jakarta! Make a U-ee Before Fatahillah To Glodok Raya! The National Film Centre The Kingdom of Movie Heaven Hollywood, Bollywood Cannes, Tehran Let’s go crazy! Digital Video Festival We don’t wanna wait in line Please, no more extra butter On our overpriced popcorns GimmeContinue reading “Digital Video Festival”

angry management

anger is good management the things you want to do become the things you have to do become the things you’re doing now.

Disco Emergency

Jimi Multhazam Double discman. AA batteries Active speakers. Modern life Green mixing desk. Second-hand Lighting rig. 17th of August We dance Disco Disco Emergency! Disco Mozilla and CD-Rs A cramped bedsit 3×4 A school corridor late at night Art openings we nearly miss We dance Disco Disco Emergency! Disco No house music hey naContinue reading “Disco Emergency”