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”
evil groom
let me do some infidelity first
before we talk
of marriage
of children
of all the happiness that young couples dream of
I’m a fallen angel
destined to be human
in the rainbow of the city’s night lights Lanjutkan membaca “Poetry of Saut Situmorang”
the persistence of memory
a leaf falls under the moonlight
an owl awakes when it touches the wet earth
I try not to think of you when
a leaf falls under the moonlight
a bamboo flute shrills in the midnight hour
a cicada awakes when it touches the wet rock
I close my eyes and try not to remember when
a bamboo flute shrills in the midnight hour Lanjutkan membaca “Poetry of Saut Situmorang”
Blues for Allah 1
the sky’s so blue the kids’re playing
then the sea rose and ate up everything –
tsunami
Blues for Allah 2
the lonely moon and
the silent night are what the
tsunami left behind Lanjutkan membaca “Short Poems of Saut Situmorang”
