Once again we are confronted with the blank page
the host of the terror of Language and Poetry
the pain, despair and anger they try to alleviate,
to break, but only extend them and by extension
reflect the unsavoury days we spend convincing
ourselves that open office plans give us freedom
that having more choices empower us, that
sharing opinion after opinion will produce truth
Illusions, for sure, but the alternatives offer
little to no solace
Driven by the desire to create and destroy,
to speak for oneself and to speak for others,
to strive for change and to let the futility of the
effort change us, to navigate through these
troubling times alone and to walk hand-in-hand
with those who wish to reach the same destination,
to sit and wait for inspiration or to seize it with
our own bare hands
Such are the contradictions we must face
and struggle to overcome
The temptation to let ourselves
get comfortable in hell and be friends with demons
to know every bit of its pit well enough to one day
burn it to ashes with its own fire is always there
and will always be there, but the question still remains:
What then? What next?
Have we not learned about the dangers of fighting
fire with fire?
To the promise of the blank page we shall return
to the place of our silent battle
Contents
1. It Hurts to Be Murdered
2. Strawman on the 13th Day
3. The Poetics of (Non) Space
4. Mimpi No. 32
5. Yang Tersesatkan
6. Some Serious Statements on Poetry,
and Their Contradictions,
and Violence
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