where is the madness that you promise me, where is the dream for which ive paid dearly ?*

ive spent too much of my time telling other peoples tales this country the cracks on its concrete-blown surface ive bitten too hard into the mouthpiece of my bards mask there are splinters buried deep all over my tounge time to spit the world out ! let me tell you some things about myself: iContinue reading “where is the madness that you promise me, where is the dream for which ive paid dearly ?*”

All that he wants (I saw the sign) (Sendiri di rumah) It’s a beautiful lie o ooo o ooo (He lives a lonely life)

seperti efek rumah kaca dan bunda vina aku pun suka desember ceriapenuh mistletoe, santa, dan gadis berhotpants leha-leha di plasentawalaupun erk lebih suka dengan plangi yang setya menunggu hujan redawalaupun mungkin juga kan, hujan yang setya pada plangi, selalu turun supaya dia adasementara vina, sudahlah siapa yang tahu ada apa di balik rambut sasak wanitaContinue reading “All that he wants (I saw the sign) (Sendiri di rumah) It’s a beautiful lie o ooo o ooo (He lives a lonely life)”

The knife may forget but not the wood.*

ill pay anything    to get the feeling back        of when i was threesitting in the back seat of a cab    looking out towards a game parlour        my dad sitting next to me—us not touching—    explaining the laws of pinball        to the back of my head the world was large then    i habituallyContinue reading “The knife may forget but not the wood.*”

what are notes but work delayed ?

can you make haikuout of the comiccoincidence of a chainedmonkey and mebeing in the same bus ? i can of the windshooting fine bulletsof sand into my faceand the man in the next busblowing cigarette smoke —which from where im sitting— is either suspended bythe still air insideor else grime has gluedstrands of it onContinue reading “what are notes but work delayed ?”

everyone else has had more sex than me ooo ooo

i was walking along a canal in 2003 and i saw a poster for ‘morrissey live in concert’ plastered at the back of a gondola, and that was the first time i realised ‘live’ is just evil spelled backwards. i was reading badai pasti berlalu two weeks ago and i got to page 343 andContinue reading “everyone else has had more sex than me ooo ooo”

unofficial verse culture

kamu suka slayer saya suka anthrax kata temanku. lilitkan petai di lehermu dong kalau begitu. tunggu aku beli bakpia dulu rasa paru-paru. atau rasa pura-pura 18 ribu harga biasa. kota ini lambat sekali rasanya seperti terbang di dasar toba. penuh ganggang. telur putih atau telur soklat aku tidur dulu. deh dong nek. candi-candi penuh kentiContinue reading “unofficial verse culture”