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Notes Found at the National Museum

Ink stand ink stand Silver Plate Silver miniature of a temple A miniature of a church 60 17 106 48 East Longitude Then and Now: Jakarta An oval table A stick-on table Write down what the Holy Spirit does: Spiritus Sancti

Them Analyses

Experienced researchers provide additional analysis “etic” in nature make use of established theoretical frameworks for interpreting anthropological sociological social- psychological data & tell the story from the point of view of the contemporary consumers to provide a smorgasbord of additional insights “emic” in nature. the words are theirs, the poetry mine

"Praise be to God, and to you too."

I know, you must be sick of me. I’m sorry. I don’t want to do this either. Who would? But I need the money to pay for my school fees, my brothers’, books for my sister, ribbons for her hair. My parents are not rich, not like yours. But I have hopes too, dreams, plansContinue reading “"Praise be to God, and to you too."”

les animaux domestiques

i marvelled you everyone in the class your workshirts so crisp ! we talked Botswana Zambie Afrique du Sud who won Miss Universe 2003 ? elle a été noire ! really ? you said your eyes met mine and yours disappeared into slits as you lol pareille au cheval =D i’m a moslem i’m notContinue reading “les animaux domestiques”

tubagus angke

on my way to the Chinese House of Mourning i saw girls in mini skirts sitting cross-legged on plastic green stools on the river banks (electric! in the cars’ headlights!) “we sit cross-legged so there’s less skin exposed so there’s more for the men to see” everything here’s done out of modesty and the desire for commerce “look at the brightContinue reading “tubagus angke”

from kwitang to kebon kacang. on foot. it took three hours if you wanna know.

a government that doesn’t take care of its elderly and weak is EVIL. school of government

two lovers entwined, pass me bye bye bye

the world stops in the heart of the city a queen big ideas throbbing in her teased quiff an ex-first lady in a wheelchair her words fly above the head of the crowd a celebrity activist her hair wet from patchouli and sweat of 11 a.m. her left leg limping from a kick right inContinue reading “two lovers entwined, pass me bye bye bye”

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

flowerz

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”

i’m a jism

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