Ditulis untuk Kongkow Jawara Puisi di Teater Kecil Taman Ismail Marzuki, Dewan Kesenian Jakarta 14 Desember 2016 Sebuah sayembara puisi hanyalah een rimpeltje in de oceaan, a ripple in the ocean, sebuah riak di tengah samudra usaha kanonisasi Puisi Indonesia, proses yang tak bosan-bosannya berlangsung sejak skena Pujangga Lama sampai sekarang skena Pujangga Hallmark. TermasukContinue reading “Stop asking is this puisi?”
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Buah dan Perang
Judul Soegija itu hanya synecdoche, hal kecil yang seharusnya membawa kita ke dunia yang lebih besar, Hindia Belanda/Indonesia pada masa Perang Dunia 2 dan setelahnya. Mirip dengan judul “Rambo”, misalnya, nama/judul simpel yang membawa kita ke dunia perang dingin/dekolonisasi/rekolonisasi yang ruwet. (Btw, sekilas Rambo dan Soegija sama2 org Jawa yang namanya cuma satu, Rambo, Sugiyo.Continue reading “Buah dan Perang”
circ ular
17 years ago woke up at five wormed way thru ciledug raya’s insane traffic. today woke up at five wormed way thru ciledug raya’s insane traffic. how life has come full pear-shaped circle.
hey you out of wedlock rajput bastard
i forgot what i was supposed to tell you what infos about my monkey life i shd impart on yr forest floor but here goes: three days to forever, ill send u the dvd when it comes out jakarta: a history (revised edition), library copy that blog that has a link to the blok mContinue reading “hey you out of wedlock rajput bastard”
the deal is real
oh yeah it’s real penny joy you hot lunch you my girlfriend’s name is really bunga i know it sounds like if pronou- nced in your anglo-sa- xon toungue like it mi- ght go well with bamb- agada the yam farmer but it is actually pron- ounced boo-nga with a soft -ng and it mean-Continue reading “the deal is real”
kewl
cool? what’s your idea of cool nowadays? we’ll give you a taste of all the parallel universes in this hellhole eh? remember after ice age comes life. you coming makes me think how i miss us just being boys. ok boyo? we’ll be boys again eh, for old time’s sake. for life’s sake. for fuck’s.Continue reading “kewl”
travel plans
for geoff page i wanna go to lake toba then see the orangutans. my girlfriend bunga is batak the original inhabitants of the great lake. they were cannibals one hundred years ago. if she comes with us we’ll go head a-hunting yeah. her grandma still lives in a tiny village called porsea. i wanna stayContinue reading “travel plans”
pink
You keep stirring your baby faluda and I keep stirring my tea masala I didn’t put any sugar in my tea masala and you can never have enough vermicelli on your faluda The vermicelli breaks when you stir too strongly and I break when you can’t stop telling me How much you loved going toContinue reading “pink”
PEREMPUAN BERMATA BESAR YANG DONGENGNYA TELAT AKU DENGAR
Sebenarnya, aku yang mendongeng kepadanya lebih dulu. Di bangku keras di luar Burger King Djakarta Theatre, suatu malam yang luar biasa panas. Susah sekali bernapas. Dia duduk di sampingku, tapi aku tidak tahu. Tiba-tiba dia bilang, ‘Dongengi aku sesuatu!’ Poninya dipotong pendek menutupi dahi yang kelihatannya besar. Bando emas. Aku melihatnya dari sudut mataku. DanContinue reading “PEREMPUAN BERMATA BESAR YANG DONGENGNYA TELAT AKU DENGAR”
flower crotch
I was woken up by the phone ringing. It was loud. I had thought of setting the ringer volume lower for months. But I’m afraid my mother would get angry. She wants it loud. So does my father. I had set the volume lower one time and my mother couldn’t hear a call from oneContinue reading “flower crotch”
Divagyrations 