theiliad – Divagyrations

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”

War Cry

I have left you for aeonsI have left you for the comfort of loveI have left you for a three-year guarantee of happinessI have left you I will try to get you backby the river bend bursting with melati fronds.I will get you backbefore the boatman calls. I will get you There will be noContinue reading “War Cry”

Announcement 3, point 5: Herr Johani, er ist tot

“Please collect the coffin containing: his body, a withered single rose placed carefully under his hands neatly cupped above the first button of his death-suit by his daughter and a Penguin copy of Pope’s Iliad that he never got to finish, though he kept saying he’d put it on the bedside table so he couldContinue reading “Announcement 3, point 5: Herr Johani, er ist tot”