STUDENTS UNLIKE THE FORMULA OF X + X = 2X
By their teacher, students
are thought about the formula
x + x = 2x. therefore
they are angry. Caused that
it is an exact thing
which shan’t make them rich
as ones living in the poor country
opens the door for all thieves. Then Lanjutkan membaca “Poetry of Sri Wintala Achmad”
translated by Nikmah Sarjono
JADZAB
:KAMU
Quit looking at me like that, my dear
So that I won’t get nervous. So that
I can go to sleep easily
You wanted so bad to spit on my face
Burned by time
Now I choose to become kids again
Then you can scold me;
“Such a naughty boy, you are!” Lanjutkan membaca “Poetry of Mathori A Elwa”
Indonesia, Song of Red and White
my country where my mother lived and died
giving birth to five deaths, five silent deaths
silence of little babies lying cold on the tears-stained sheet of the bed
all the dreams, all the hopes of a noisy future
cut off and sliced by five angels of death
angels of envy, angels of burning crosses
angels that only dared to scare five little new born babies Lanjutkan membaca “Poetry of Saut Situmorang”
Looking for Charles Bukowski in K Rd
shit & death is everywhere
except around K Rd
retro paradise of alcoholic angels
& prophets of semen redemption
its skyline has the colour of Timothy Leary’s rainbow
guarded by clean-shaven Dunhill-smoking Tae Bo-practising Herculeses
carefully assessing the initiates to the temples of Zeus Lanjutkan membaca “Poetry of Saut Situmorang”
