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Post Scriptum

Ingin aku tulis

sajak porno sehingga

kata mentah tidak diubah

jadi indah, pokoknya

tidak perlu kiasan lagi

misalnya payudara, jadi bukit,

tubuh wanita = alam bangat

senggama = pelukan yang paling akrab

yang sudah jelas

tulis sajak itu

antara menyingkap dan sembunyi

antara munafik dan jatidiri.

Post Scriptum

I want to write

an erotic poem

in which raw words, unadorned,

become beautiful

where metaphors are unnecessary

and breasts, for instance,

do not become hills

nor a woman’s body a sultry landscape

nor intercourse ‘the most intimate embrace’.

It’s quite clear

this poem is written in the space

between exposure and concealment

between hypocrisy and true feeling.

Coming soon!

Original Poem by

Translated by

Ulrich Kratz with Carole Satyamurti Language

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