Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Kematian Ayah-Edy A.Effendy

21 Januari 1998, saat beduk Isa tiba, ayahku terbaring di kamar tidur.
Lampu padam.
Atap kamar menangis, mega runtuh melepaskan bebannya ke sudut tembok yang kusam.
Air hujan ngalir ke penjuru kamar.
Ibuku mengaji berkali-kali, sambil mengusap air mata yang jatuh satu per satu di ujung sajadah.
Ia basah kuyup; dari tubuhnya mengalir deras air mata yang tersimpan tahun lalu.
Di antara kegelapan dan rintik hujan itu, ayahku memasuki atap-atap langit.

Bersama Nietzsche, aku bawa usungan jenazah ayah melewati alun-alun kota.
Sambil membakar poster-poster tuhan yang berserakan di pinggiran jalan.
Orang-orang ramai mengusung jenazah tubuhnya sendiri, memasuki laut yang
tak lagi dipenuhi gelombang.

Di antara rintik hujan, aku tanam jenazah ayah di dalam masjid.
Masjid dan gereja hanyalah makam-makam dan nisan-nisan bagi tuhan.
Aku ingin ayah menari dan membaca bersama tuhan di atas mimbar;
mengenang arwah Coleridge, penyair romantik itu, sambil membuka lembaran kisah-kisah lama :
bermimpi pergi ke surga, memetik sekuntum bunga yang aneh dan indah.
Dan, tiba- tiba bunga itu ada di lenganmu, tumbuh menjadi rawa- rawa.
dunia memang dibangun dari mimpi-mimpimu yang parau.

SIRKUIT: Sajak-sajak Edy A. Effendi
Republika, 22 Mar 1998

Sunday, September 27, 2009

senyumlah...aku juga begitu

aku berjalan melalui kaki lima rumah kedai

berjalan

tanpa sedar menyepak habuk habuk ke muka lelaki homeless yang sedang tidur mengiring

'koff..koff..' dia terjaga

aku masuk bank

'baki akaun anda rm 7.21'

aku keluar

di depan bank mengorek perut wallet

buntu dengan hala tuju

kusut

dan marah

then..

lelaki homeless memanggil kepadaku

"senyumlah kawan...aku juga begitu.."

aku menoleh

tersenyum

lalu aku berlari dan flying kick kepala orang tua itu

mukanya terhentak pada dinding kedai..dia terkulai lalu mati...

'cis..jangan samakan aku dengan kau..orang tgh bengang sibuk plak"

Saturday, September 26, 2009

and then, tony's note ain't that good to fit the issues.

Mohd Fayyaz: reply for the 'reply to today in time'..'the ballad of paul k'

reply for the 'reply to today in time'..'the ballad of paul k'
It's way too late to be this locked inside ourselves
The trouble is that you're in love with someone else
It should be me. Oh, it should be me
Your sacred parts, your getaways
You come along on summer days
Tenderly, tastefully

And so may, we make time
Try to find somebody else
This place is mine

You said today, you know exactly how I feel
I have my doubts little girl
I'm in love with something real
It could be me, that's changing

Now seasoned with health
Two lovers walk a lakeside mile
Try pleasing with stealth, rodeo
See what stands long ending fast

Oh, how I love you in the evenings
When we are sleeping
We are sleeping. Oh, we are sleeping

This is younger than your thought, but fresher than you life. Continue with this.

Aliff Lukman: reply to today in time..'the ballad of paul k'

reply to today in time..'the ballad of paul k'

the ballad of paul k

He's drinking cold Corona
Feels like he's getting older
Now and noticing how he's finding
Grey hairs left in the shower
Tattoos fade by the hour
And he can´t understand these feelings
Why life is getting him down
He used to smile now he frowns
And cries inside
Its been this way for a while
And he can´t seem to put things right

He doesn´t like to mention
Applying for his pension
So his children don't know he's heading
Into a mid-life crisis
He cant afford the prices for
The new kitchen floor he´s buying
He's been a drunk all his life
Two kids, a dog and a wife
He doesn´t know
And in the daytime he just sits and watches television shows

dont know why but somehow
The ones you love you hate now,
you feel down and blue
Look at what you've thrown away
They stood beside you all the way
Now its too late, its too late for you

When life has been unkind
And you´re losing your mind
Look in the mirror afraid of what you'll find
It feels like time´s not on your side