for violeteye reeling from 3-in-1 hours, we breezed through lunch, le thé everywhere we felt du jour, curing seeds of love in-between jugs of pilsener, resizing the deconstruction of this city’s dog-shit-dog zeitgeist, kitting ourselves in polyester knits, slightly ripped here and there. we devoured quiches out of boredom, veering close to vexed, droningContinue reading “love*”
Category Archives: English
AWAY WITH WIJI THUKUL*
AWAY WITH WIJI THUKUL I The sun was orange in the summer. The grass smelt like fresh bread. Wiji Thukul didn’t like bread; he spent every morning boiling rice in a dented saucepan. The water always spilt over the edge of the single-serve pan, bubbling like soap. Wiji would lean over his rice like aContinue reading “AWAY WITH WIJI THUKUL*”
bayangan memudar
forget, ya forget late afternoons on the verandah yr gedong besaran in salemba au bon pain from yr favourite boulangerie alsatienne passer baroe see how the leather the backseat of your sado is peeling like a thousand sails forget everything the proper spelling the long letters you’ve been writing the clipped, proper, eton v. harrowContinue reading “bayangan memudar”
van der Tuuk you old goat
‘i am not here!’ ha you were never there not in yr head Herman Neubronner you lost it in a Rampokan Jawa some nautical miles off the margins of yr mind skin the beast chariot-break it it’s one’s civilization that isContinue reading “van der Tuuk you old goat”
Metaphorical progression
The sun like a gong The gong scything the memory of your dreams Your dreams contained within an umbrella The umbrella opens its stem of roses Roses are Fred, violets are Drew Drew with the Indians, won against the Red Sox The Red Sox of your concupiscence Concupiscent as a plum blossom A plum blossomContinue reading “Metaphorical progression”
(optional)
the brain works by association how did i brave this year’s mid-monsoon was there a slow-hand anthem for a girl you knew from a forum we all wait behind a black totem for time to unravel its chainstitches prepare yourself for warts and all it was always the job, the serrated edges of a pubContinue reading “(optional)”
arch
you’re pretty as a shadow a thin shroud packed in rays of neon i took a flight of fancy i broke the keel on my wild boat your heels, lifted off the ground tempat berlindung di hari tua saat sepi menutup mata
sorry, states
the ground beneath your feet is rarely solid you go through states of deception to make each experience sound
dig
o n de interwebz th in gs are re – leased in NO TIME it’s up TO YOU to pick thi ngs up when YOU see fit when the world inks in a TIME NO PLACE just FOR YOU no coming from be – hind no playing CATCH-UP with kvlt shadowz
howl 2
how would you intervene how would you caress the sun how would you deconstruct an oil spill how would you dance in a field of grass how would you enervate desires how would you imitate a tree, a pond, an idea of stillness how would you recuperate how would you come to me how wouldContinue reading “howl 2”
Divagyrations 