#432 On Friends and Turkish Tea

After all that has been said and done
I am glad that we are still friends
Even if we only see each other
Once every few months, these days
The Turkish tea reminds us
That friendships can transcend time
And place.

#430 Tentang Penulisan Tesis

Tarian jari pada kekunci 
Merangkai aksara dan wacana
Prosa tulus tanpa tekateki

Merungkai makna masa dan siapa
Menyingkap epistemi sang haiwan
Sehingga terbongkar akar makna:

Bahwa tiap makhluk dijadikan
Penuh warna panca kejadian.

#429 Tentang Sang Pekerja Asing di Klinik Kucing

Dua tangannya berurat kuat
Merangkul erat sang kucing manja
Senyum redup pada wajah kesat

Menguntum rahman pada binarnya
Mata yang sering lama terkusam
Dulu pudar, kini bercahaya

Pada hidup yang lama terkelam
Kini sinar tenang gah tersulam.

#426 On Curses

I curse you. 
I curse you for the smearing of our good names.
For your insinuations.
For your callous determination, to destroy our good works.
For your cowardice, in hiding behind the veil of power
to push us off the precipice.

I curse you, in this blessed month of Ramadan.

May your aims all go awry.
May your works crumble into ash.
May your evil doings find their way back to you,
transmuted into evils committed unto you.
May the miseries you inflict on others,
be heaped unto you in series a millionfold.

I curse you, and may God curse you too.

#424 Tentang Busuk Hati

Walau pangkatmu setinggi mana
Walau kuasamu menakluk buana
Walau darjatmu berpayung takhta
Walau masyhurmu semerbak bunga

Kalau jahat tetap terlihat
Kalau busuk pasti terciduk
Kalau bodoh terpamer sungguh
Selamanya tetap terkutuk.

#423 Tentang Kerambangan Mata di Bulan Ramadan

Gulai daging dan ayam kurma
Ayam goreng berdamping sambal
Kari ayam dan kuah dalca
Ikan keli dan ikan bawal

Pulut panggang, karipap daging
Gado gado berkuah kacang
Sayur kacang dihiris ramping
Kari kambing merbak terhidang

Kueteow goreng dan macaroni
Nasi lemak dan asam laksa
Rambang mata tercuit hati
Pilih satu, pilih semua?