In view of Gowongan Lor 48 Sts.,
Thereabouts the women's house
Which still life million memories
In my dream up
Loud and rowdy of locomotif sirens from Railway Station,
Sound pedicabdriver whoever chating each other,
Smiling mbok jamu gendong1) pass by the house
Some jingle-clang humming from auto repair shop opposite
When I Sit-down on the woodchair
For waiting her coming
Like always I do when she is cooking
And keep passion
Like her father and mother never tired
offering batik following the marketday
riding bid around the market villages
loudsound of old locomotif sirens
Sound from chat of pedicabdriver
and jingle-clang humming from auto repair shop
Smiling of mbok jamu gendong
For a second could kept out my ears from monotonous
Crowded of cars and busses in the Jakarta highway
that smell of smoke from its knalpot
deliberately could kill us
without choice of our destiny anymore
coulee asking our dream in the future
*form of adress for Javanese women who selling of medicinal herb.
Bogor,24 Desember 2001.
Prasetya Utama
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