Habis madu sepah dibuang
Kerna kumbang bunga terkeji
Habis masa bazir melayang
Demi wayang masyuk sendiri.
On Pageantry
A hundred people
Locked up in this hall all day
Empty pageantry.
Tentang Dua Puluh Dua Puluh Empat
Temasya dibuat setahun sekali Kita raikan guliran hari Tanpa tercelik detikan hati Bahwa masa terus berlari Deras, deras berlari Dua puluh dua puluh empat Apa erti umur melewat? Mana saudara dan rakan rapat Nyawa hilang jejas terlumat Dalam tanah tersemat Temasya tersulam benang kelam Jarum masa makin membenam Dengan tiap silihan malam Jarum menghunus segala dendam Kau dan aku, terkaram. Terilham oleh Pasir Roboh dendangan S M Salim
On Netflix
Pressing pause on Life,
I sink into this stupor.
Karma laughs out loud.
On Having Fun at Work
“A fun place to work?
Just treat us with dignity!”
Loud applause erupts.
Tentang Sumbu Diri dan Kehidupan Bekerja
Hari hari menatang kerja
Tanpa lelah siap tugasan
Sumbu diri berkobar nyala
Sakit sengal masing rahsiakan.
On Sungkai
Early morning
And I am on the road again
Not quite sure
For whom
And for what
Life is full of such
Moments of incomprehension
We often do what we must
Even if we are not quite sure
For whom
And for what
And when and how and why.
On Socks
These black and white socks
With patterned grain of pluses:
A sly talisman.
Tentang Tokoh-Tokoh Berjiwa Tikus
Watak kerdil bercakap besar
Otak pejal berlagak pintar
Kerja malas beralas gambus
Begitulah sang tokoh tikus!
On Your Online Profile
I stumbled onto your online profile today
On your corporate website
With words like
Excellently and
Well-known and
Visionary
Encrusted like jewels
On a bed of warm, mediocre poop
Of course, your online profile
Would omit the things
One would be embarrassed to
Speak about in polite company
And in highfalutin conferences
And in royal courts
Like how you left those bruises
On your wife
In places no one could see
Like how you abandoned
Your children
In ways no one could ever recover from
Like how you chased down
Your current younger wife
In ways she herself
Would wish to never remember
But you can rest easy
Because your online profile
Would keep all those things
Well hidden
Like your own life, and who you really are
Hidden away so well
Between those lines of blind self-praise
That you now hardly know
Your own self.