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#803 On These Funny Games

Funny games that we play:
Write down lines with numbers and words
That make up promises of new things to come
And erasures of old things to be swept away

Gather them up into numbered paragraphs
Garnished with quotes from dead men
And the flourish of fighting words

Then declaim the words unto a tepid room
Full of desiccated men with dried-up ambitions
And a sprinkling of the young and aspirant 
Desperate to keep some small spark
Of their youthful dreams alive amidst the desolation 

And after that, more words:
Words of eager and noseful praise
Words of doubt and scornful raze 
Words of apathy in gauzy haze
A long kabuki of paper plowshares
And the fierce clanging of plastic swords 

Just words words words 
To mark the passing of one year
And the coming of another 
More promises to stave off the hastening
Fears of that final day
When words fall onto the red earth of returning.
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#802 Tentang Hati Yang Bermain Sembunyi

Kenali hatimu ini
Yang terlalu mahir bermain sembunyi 
Lemas dalam selaksa teka-teki
Tewas dengan kelekaan duniawi

Bacalah getar hatimu
Bahasa debar yang mencoret rindu
Ingin mengejar redha yang Satu
Namun tergelincir dek hasut sang Seteru

Dengarlah bisikannya
Hati yang merayu desak irama
Ingin restu yang Maha Esa
Ingin patuh tunduk pada-Nya.
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#801 On The White Gaze

Have you heard of dangdut?
Oh, what’s that? 
It is the number one music genre in Indonesia. 
Oh, oh, interesting! What is it like? It must be melodic, no?
Hmph, not really melodic. More like janky. 
Janky?
Yes, very much proletarian. Probably with Indian antecedents. Drums and flutes and all that. Lots of dancing and gyrating. 
Ah, interesting. So so very interesting.
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#800 On Being Lucky

How lucky am I 
To be here
Not with you, but with you
Your words flying through the aether
Ennobling and enveloping me
In Love that transcends Time and Distance

Who amongst these souls here
In their coffee cups and their books 
And their electronic toys
Can truly know what it is 
To be loved, so deeply and truly?