Poetry – Divagyrations

osean

goddess white-armpitted seepanas tapi masih maumungkin nanti mampir papaya beli eclairyour nose pockmarked beautytinggal dikerok masuk anginchild-rearing magnifico hipsaku temukan rumah pohon untukmusungai dingin dahan onesieat half trot kena lampumaghrib bau lavenderrattled by the lushpagar hitam menungguudah lama nggak ke pand’ora sonnet to contain a hole

hut

aku datang untuk menonton tebu orang lain tiba menjadi orang-orangan ada burung menggenggam udara dan ulat-ulat kecil di langit udara setipis kertas ada kepala-kepala berterbangan emas meleleh di dalam dada membeku menjadi punggung ada bocah menunggu dinosaurus ular melintas punggung kakinya jalan lumpur perak purnama siapa tahu besok malam ia seorang pengkhayal kawakan strip kuningContinue reading “hut”

select

three pears rot in a metal bowl. i’ve stopped washing my rice. i wish estraven had made it across the snow bog. some pages you just don’t understand. a distal phalanx gives you an entire universe. it was my fault/i forgive you. i do not forgive you. how many stars? how many ways of beingContinue reading “select”

nibi-iro

you’re in rude health a bubble protected by maiming a universe of malice milk blooms in a gutter respite is rare death undoes so many glue yourself to your screen

Aku Speaking Man

Aku nalodoAku parquetematizaciónAku netprovAku Entartete KunstAku bombataluAku KarimunAku Heathcliff vs. Darcy: Who’s the Bigger Shit?Aku comparisonitisAku flower in the skullAku revelations in the mouth of a drunkAku topalu’eAku rumah pagar putih ujung gangAku smart-shamedAku pendelikanAku aduhAku resep Shiro di Google KeepAku gemütlichAku electricity generated by shuttlecocksAku bawa Alkitab taruh lokerAku lardingAku ha’e ha’eAku Yakarta seContinue reading “Aku Speaking Man”

TKKG

too early for flowers to bloom shit hits the fan but your hand slips into mine and the heat between our skin turns liquid metal

casa de yarra

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”

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”

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”