if i knew anything about myself its that im resilient which probably means that im about as thick as a brick.
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ripped jeans and flannelled fools
Sunday cricket has never been as good as the Sunday you came back from London. we sat on cool grass in the shade you said : like the Spartans at the Hot Gates. i said : youd be the hottest chick at Thermopylae ! sunday brunch : bacon & egg roll from a gourmet JewishContinue reading “ripped jeans and flannelled fools”
marionetti anak manis tanpa hati
i wanna paint marionette lines all over my face stick both yr hands up my arse ill say as you say ill do as you say ill say as you do ill do as you do and ill have you inside me forever
Faded portraits, and fading still
forget, ya forget late afternoons on the verandah of yr gedong besaran in salemba au bon pain from yr favourite boulangerie alsatienne in passer baroe see how the leather on the backseat of your sado is peeling like a thousand sails forget everything the proper spelling in the long letters youve been writing in clipped,Continue reading “Faded portraits, and fading still”
Tentu aku ingin menulis entah bagaimana tapi tentu aku tahu sebenarnya kenapa
—terdampar lagi di kamar iniwallpaper motif trellismengelupas di sana sinidua lampu sorottepat di atas kepalalubang angin berbentuk hatilayang layang tanpa ekordi langit sana —langit di sini selalu biruPantone 292 —bukan misteri jugasebenarnya seandainyaaku bisa mencegah menciumnyadi pojok bar gelapdan seminggu kemudianbilang ya sajawaktu dia menuntutkita tidak bisa begini terus kan gila —tapi memangsekali layang layangContinue reading “Tentu aku ingin menulis entah bagaimana tapi tentu aku tahu sebenarnya kenapa”
dua tahun yang lalu hampir setiap sore aku menunggumu di situ, sekarang hampir setiap malam, lebih sering lagi pagi pagi buta, aku melewati tempat itu, memandangnya dari dalam taksi yang terlalu dingin, dan aku berpikir, betapa bahagianya aku waktu itu
<div style="text-align: right;“><span style="font-style: italic;“>Il n’y a pas d’absence remplaçable.— pas René Char Gerimis turun Ketak ketik Mesin tik Dingin di dahi Orang orang lari Ayun semua Map Tas Koran pagi tadi Ke atas kepala Beri hormat ! Pada awan Menakutkan Hanya aku Tidak. Diam saja. Aku tidak takut Pada hujan ! Sebentar lagi KauContinue reading “dua tahun yang lalu hampir setiap sore aku menunggumu di situ, sekarang hampir setiap malam, lebih sering lagi pagi pagi buta, aku melewati tempat itu, memandangnya dari dalam taksi yang terlalu dingin, dan aku berpikir, betapa bahagianya aku waktu itu”
ǝsnɐɔǝq ɹǝɥ ǝʞıl ı
˙uʍop pɐǝɥ ɹǝɥ sdǝǝʞ ǝɥs ǝsnɐɔǝq ɹǝɥ ǝʞıl ı ˙suoıʇɐsɹǝʌuoɔ ɟo sǝıɹǝs ɐ ʇsnɾ sı ǝɟıl ‘ʇı sı sıɥʇ sdɐɥɹǝd ‘ǝɟıl ɯoɹɟ ʇuɐʍ ǝʍ ǝlʇʇıl ʍoɥ ‘ƃuıʞuıɥʇ pǝʇɹɐʇs ı ‘ƃuıʞlɐʇ doʇs ʇupıp ǝʍ ǝɹoɯ ǝɥʇ ‘pǝʞlɐʇ ǝʍ ǝɹoɯ ǝɥʇ puɐ ‘pǝʞlɐʇ puɐ pǝʞlɐʇ puɐ pǝʞlɐʇ ǝʍ uǝɥʍ ǝsnɐɔǝq ɹǝɥ ǝʞıl ı ˙plɹoʍ ǝɥʇ uıContinue reading “ǝsnɐɔǝq ɹǝɥ ǝʞıl ı”
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 ?”
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”