#15, jakarta in medias what res ? ‘i am happiest when i follow how things sound.’ — im startin to get patterns tics repetitions the ferris wheel off yr mind i get you cherry cherry cola … Continue reading
Author Archives: mikaeljohani
one afternoon before the war*
#14, jakarta or Hans & Joosye Ah! I see what you’ve got in your hands an afternoon in the world of LAN a sealed blue radio (The night returns for an encore inside a tomb.) Pray for finesse, on the branch of the arborio strip it, sing it, fake it come, wing it, into … Continue reading
rapport
#13, jakarta mums create avalanches expectations childgoodhood in extremis a pond, a lake even, a river flowing upwards no shitbox a whole nation catering to whims roll call multivitamins no energy drinks i want to get us out to a savannah a burning star the tip of your shoulder tops. Continue reading
A.I.M.
#12, jakarta everything’s M.I.A. these days the possibility of you and me growing a vegetable garden in a nuclear universe i want to grow carrot cakes! i will eat them with you all day! and mash them on yr face and you mash them on mine when we’re bored with the green apocalyptic … Continue reading
fight this flower generation
#11, jakarta i like flowers the crimson cyclamen, wcw—that could be my favorite flower poem of all time i think because in this city flowers are most like people take the cat’s tail outside my window the head is swaying a little in the hot air from the air conditioner’s exhaust fan if … Continue reading
approaching death, i climbed the electric stairs to a gilded meditation room in the sacred temple at west lake
#10, jakarta in the year 1058 before christian bale men were born with sword-y incisors and identikit jawlines they roam around waterholes and at the tops of waterfalls inhaling the miasma like crazy in the darkness of the full moon spring blossoms like butterless popcorns an old chinese poet scoured his temple for a hairpin Continue reading
cenes whispers
#9, jakarta make a big deal with a girl that can’t bleed make a fig deal with a whorl that can’t sleep fake a done deal with a pearl ten-foot deep cake a done deal with a surly ten-foot sheep make a bum deal with a twinkle-toed catnip shake a crumbed veal read a … Continue reading
william, william it was really something
#8, jakarta william, william it was really nothing william, william it really was nothing william, william it was nothing really william, william really it was nothing william, william was it really nothing william, william really was it nothing Continue reading
jakarta/history
#7, Jakarta two dutch officers on top of a makeshift watchtower barefooted common soldiers kicking imaginary tumbleweeds sweaty accountants in counting houses, bamboo fans, greasy watch chains a javanese general shooting seven hundred of his own soldiers in the head (he took off his blangkon before he shot the first one) the dutch officers … Continue reading
layman atlanta
#6, Jakarta and then went down to the zeus and then a room on fire and then under the bushes under the stars and then please approve comments otherwise yr readomattic will show panty lines-like and then odysseus got tired of the underworld and bought a manicotti at a boulangerie-pâtisserie in early batavia. didnt even … Continue reading
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