Arsip: November, 2007
jakartah kumuh tercintah
on a cloudy like like today i always think of this bit from a sitor situmorang poem: jakarta kumuh tercinta can’t remember which poem, but that’s the whole stanza. he being mr. coy modernist and all. where did you hide pound’s personae, eh? i can see it bulging out of yer shirt pocket! (it’s ‘beloved / decrepit / jakarta’ for [...]— mikael_johani • November 15th, 2007
heart and curios
Everytime he goes to the restaurant he would go to the dilapidated toilet with no toilet seat and take a piss standing up and stare at the LINDETEVES sign painted on the water tank. Or, more like L NDE I EVI S. The sign has been painted over so many times, presumably with the same salted duck-egg [...]— mikael_johani • November 10th, 2007
crazy for jalan ciledug raya (but not that crazy)
it’s night. and i’m listening to magnetic fields’ 69 love songs vol. 2. tonight there was a mysterious body of water on the road in front of pasar cipulir. looked like an oil spill. or jeremy thomas’ hair. not much traffic on ciledug raya. the formula goes (commuting, going home): 5-7, better stay at plaza senayan, [...]— mikael_johani • November 3rd, 2007
gutted
it’s raining. again. i like it when it rains. or maybe i don’t. it’s nice, how the water slushes away all the dirt, rotting banana leaves, indomie wrappers, swallow sandals, off the streets and into the gutters. except there are no gutters, so they’re all on the streets. i’m in ciledug and i have [...]— mikael_johani • November 2nd, 2007
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