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Thursday, July 30, 2026
Narasi yang tertinggal
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Negeri Tabola’Bale’
Di negeri ini, demokrasi hanya pesta topeng.
Kursikursi empuk penuh badut berdasi,
menyanyi lagu kebangsaan,
mulut berlepotan suap,
pada panggung-panggung kemerdekaan
rakyat berdesakan seperti pasar murah,
berhitung receh sekedar beras sekarung.
mengantre untung
Pejabat berjoget genggam mikrofon,
asyik pidato tentang kesejahteraan—
tangannya sibuk tandatangani proyek siluman.
Menambah utang
Mereka tersenyum di baliho,
sementara jalan desa tetap berlubang
dan jembatan tinggal seutas doa.
Oh, Tabola Bale, negeri retorika dan drama panggung!
Setiap kampanye jadi karnaval,
setiap janji jadi arca kosong.
Rakyat bukan tuan,
hanya penonton yang dipaksa bayar tiket
dengan pajak nan melambung dan keringat nan menguap
Di negeri ini, keadilan hanya kata manis,
hukum sekadar kostum pesta adat.
Yang menipu tetap berlenggak-lenggok,
yang lapar tetap menggigil di emperan.
Tabola Bale ini negeri
meski musik terus mengalun,
tapi nadanya buat ninabobo,
agar rakyat lupa sedang dicekik
oleh tangantangan penari
akhirnya abai
dan mereka pun menonton, berjoget dan menari
merayakan merdeka yang tak memerdekakan
Dirgahayu!
Jakarta, 17 Agustus 2025
Selamat Ultah Indonesia ke 80!
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Suara Bungabunga
orangorang menjual kemiskinan
pada keberuntungan
dan lembarlembar rupiah yang ganda dan masif
yang kuasa, tuan
hanya beri berpihakan
pada gemuruh nafas ahingahong
yang berburu mangsa
dan hanya acuh pada alibialibi materialis
Monday, June 24, 2024
Shadows of The Antagonist
In the sprawling archipelago, under the tropical sky,
A leader rose, with intentions awry.
From the modest streets of a village, his journey began
But power soon twisted this ambitious man.
a name once whispered in trust,
Now draped in shadows, ambitions unjust.
With a carpenter’s hands, he built his facade,
Yet behind the veneer, lay intentions deeply flawed.
Promises of progress, whispered so sweet,
Masked the corruption in the corridors’ heat.
Infrastructure arose, but at what cost?
In the pursuit of power, many freedoms were lost.
He wielded reforms like a double-edged blade,
Carving out futures while old debts were paid.
In the guise of justice, control tightened its grip,
Through the lenses of power, democracy slip.
Beneath the construction, the growth, and the build,
Lay whispers of forests and rivers being killed.
For every road paved, a piece of truth buried,
The cries of the land, in shadows hurried.
The people once hopeful, now wary and torn,
Watched as the ideals of their leader were worn.
In the halls of power, where decisions are made,
The light of transparency began to fade.
Opposition stifled, dissent met with force,
As the path of governance took a darker course.
For unity spoken, division was sown,
In the name of progress, so much left unknown.
Nay! You’re once a beacon of hope,
Now tangled in the threads of power’s tightrope.
The antagonist’s mask, donned over time,
Turning aspirations into subtle crime.
In the annals of history, let truth be revealed,
The layers of leadership, slowly unsealed.
For in every hero, shadows may lie,
And in every story, the truth can belie.
May the lessons be learned, from the rise and the fall,
Of a leader whose path cast shadows on all.
For in the balance of power, both light and dark reign,
And the story of the feculent profile, forever remains.
Friday, May 03, 2024
JagoJago
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Perempuan Api
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Pada Telaga itu
Semacam perahu tanpa layar
Tanpa dayung tanpa sauh
Apalagi turbo biar gerak nan jauh
Di basin air yang berpusar-pusar
Di rupa beranda telaga
puting beliung tetiba
Mengoyak
Mencabik
Aku gelibat
Meski sempat geliat
Tanpa hakikat
Cipayung, Agustus 2023