suatu sore ia berbelanja di carrefour dan mendorong trolley dengan sesuatu yang menggantung di dadanya. ia lama menimbang-nimbang mana yang lebih ekonomis apakah mamy poko isi 44 dengan harga 82 ribu sekian sekian atau isi 66 dengan harga 122 ribu sekian sekian. ia tidak pernah pintar matematika. menurut perhitungannya dunia ini kurang besar untuk melarikanContinue reading “god’s emulsion”
Category Archives: Poetry
atsep
Di dalam pesta, ada laser show Musik 178 bpm, juga derai tremor Di dalam pesta, ada gerah tawa T’rasa malam semakin hacep sob Di dalam pesta, buanglah Aqua Biarkan saja, angan-angan melintir Di dalam pesta mari masukkan kepala ke speaker Ambil glow stick, ikuti irama trance Gelengkan kepalamu ke kiri dan ke kanan Anggukkan keContinue reading “atsep”
i went to plaza semanggi yesterday, walked around, gramedia, a&w, sox gallery, woku, oh la la for an overpriced aqua, that tiny magazine stand in the corner, then i started thinking, oh my god, (and i still don’t believe in god, i’ll have you know, not for anything, i just can’t be bothered devising an apologia for a half-arsed agnosticism), and i almost can’t believe it, (you’d better believe it, buddy !), i was actually extremely happy for long stretches of our doomed relationship.
celibacy is overrated
sex is underrated, nobody ever says that anymore sure, sometimes i’d just like to have someone to hug in the backseat of a taxi putra on the way home, or out, as luck would have it but no luck! the lights on those abandoned buildings are cold they’ve been cold for a while, as coldContinue reading “celibacy is overrated”
flame trees
badai pasti berlalu, tapi kapan sedan impala merah muda, memadu kasih di kapnya kancing copot dari dadamu, boleh kusimpan?
usher
half an e at 8.30 and off we went to a wooden birdcage men half-raise whisky glasses to someone elses’ faces so bright! another half at 10 we can’t afford lulls in the eternal search for fun the things we look forward (to hate): the inevitable midnite fashion show on top of squeaky clean barContinue reading “usher”
hamba
yah tentu, semakin kau menjauh aku akan semakin membabi buta menggoogle namamu sudah 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next sekarang kenapa kau umbar pesonamu ke technorati sementara dalam kamar kau hambar seperti peti mati ? * singalong dengan primavega
Jolly Jolly Tropical Boston Tea Party ( A la Maison de Thé à Kebon Kacang depuis 2008 ) : Messrs. Twinings, Lipton, Pickwick, Dilmah étaient AWOLs, the bastards !
here you go clovique, mademoiselle i’ve laced that cup of darjeeling with two acid tabs would you like some scones to go with that? i’ve baked them in the shapes of a heart broken in three oven fresh crushed thyme and jacky’s babies in the bread pudding savouries in sweets let’s make the tips ofContinue reading “Jolly Jolly Tropical Boston Tea Party ( A la Maison de Thé à Kebon Kacang depuis 2008 ) : Messrs. Twinings, Lipton, Pickwick, Dilmah étaient AWOLs, the bastards !”
An(n)a Kar(en)ina
pour Edo Wallad kau orang sunda, bahasamu seperti burung bernyanyi di pucuk angsana pohon penyembuh segala, masih tersisa satu di pojok kota tua ingatkah dulu waktu kita sering nongkrong di pinggir molenvliet mengenang rimbaud dan sepatu yang lepas kulitnya, liburan di pusuk buhit di sini kita hanya punya gunung salak, senja di beranda denganContinue reading “An(n)a Kar(en)ina”
The palm at the end of a cheese rind
Two years ago When you remember things you wonder How could I ever forget ? So I was thinking of D– and how –A’s leaving now after Less than two years and of the people that were ther E when she came and who left after she came and who replaced Who and who gotContinue reading “The palm at the end of a cheese rind”
Divagyrations 