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#495 Tentang Pengumuman dan Percaturan

Pengumuman tentang pengumuman
Bagai kilau bayang yang mewayang 
Pertuturan demi pertuturan
Menyalut ikan basi dalam sampul loyang

Demi mencuri sesuap ucapan syukur
Dari sang marhaen yang dipandang kufur 
Enggan akur pada kehebatan 
Sang penguasa yang bermahkotarotan 

Percaturan demi percaturan
Dua langkah maju kehadapan 
Lima langkah kau bungkam terhumban.
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#493 Tentang Derhaka

Kita diajar
Jangan pernah derhaka 
Pada kedua ibu bapa
Patuh dan dengar 
Taat dan sabar
Jangan pernah celupar 
Jangan pernah mencabar 

Jadi bagaimana pula
Kalau ibu bapa yang derhaka
Pada Tuhan dan keluarga?
Abai anak isteri
Lalai tiada peduli? 

Kalau anak derhaka digelar Tanggang
Kalau bapa derhaka, siapa malang?
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#492 On My Private Mountain

This here is 
My own private mountain to climb 
And no one else can 
See the steep slopes ahead
The twists and turns that await

This here is 
My own quiet struggle to fight
Against the tide
Against the herd
Against the voices in my own head
And no one else can
Hear the self-doubt
The gnawing sense of futility 

This here is
My life 
And no one else can
Live it for me.
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#490 On Time that Strips Us Bare

It feels millennia since I’ve walked those halls 
The uni years of youthful politics
As if that young man was just someone else
In subtle ways, we’re prey to Time’s false tricks
   How did that young man come to be this old?
   Did Time strip off the masks that kept us bold?
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#487 Tentang Rebutan Edan

Dari awal usia insani
Kuasa jadi medan rebutan
Gaduh perang menjadi resmi 
Fitnah bunuh bukan sempadan 
   Gelap hati persis sang shaitan
   Hanyut dalam lautan edan.