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”
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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”
gutted
it’s raining. again. i like it when it rains. or maybe i don’t. it’s nice, how the water slushes away all the dirt, rotting banana leaves, indomie wrappers, swallow sandals, off the streets and into the gutters. except there are no gutters, so they’re all on the streets. i’m in ciledug and i have toContinue reading “gutted”
crazy for jalan ciledug raya (but not that crazy)
it’s night. and i’m listening to magnetic fields’ 69 love songs vol. 2. tonight there was a mysterious body of water on the road in front of pasar cipulir. looked like an oil spill. or jeremy thomas’ hair. not much traffic on ciledug raya. the formula goes (commuting, going home): 5-7, better stay at plazaContinue reading “crazy for jalan ciledug raya (but not that crazy)”
heart and curios
Everytime he goes to the restaurant he would go to the dilapidated toilet with no toilet seat and take a piss standing up and stare at the LINDETEVES sign painted on the water tank. Or, more like L NDE I EVI S. The sign has been painted over so many times, presumably with the sameContinue reading “heart and curios”
jakartah kumuh tercintah
on a cloudy like like today i always think of this bit from a sitor situmorang poem: jakarta kumuh tercinta can’t remember which poem, but that’s the whole stanza. he being mr. coy modernist and all. where did you hide pound’s personae, eh? i can see it bulging out of yer shirt pocket! (it’s ‘belovedContinue reading “jakartah kumuh tercintah”
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”
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ketemu ex di rendezvous siap siap segepok tissue pesen cap cai tanpa udang mawar plastik merusak pandang oud batavia menggoda mata new jakarta merana rana bekleding hatiku pake senryu tambal tubeless ni paru paru hati hati hati tumpah kopi luwak krim amarah es krim baltic merah muda tuti artic closed 4eva bioskop grand beat homoContinue reading “••••/••••/••••/••••/••••/••••”
Sepanjang malam
Tapi satu malam di sebuah pesta ajojing di gedung Harmonie Nyonya Nomeydal bertemu dengan Tuan Ladyemon, yang bertaring pedang. Nyonya Nomeydal tetap tersenyum tenang, percaya dengan kesaktiannya melumerkan tulang belakang pria hidung belang. Tapi di pucuk hidung Tuan Ladyemon, hanya ada komedo yang mulai menghitam.
Divagyrations 