Tuesday, January 17, 2012

It's fumigation day at Gita Bayu
Barbed fences and small dogs wearing shoes
Guard the entrance.

Through the smoke, men in gas masks sway
With their guns, past the palatial four-stories.
Small women adjust their Hijabs between
Scrubbing cars.

I sit and suck in the grey stuff
Open-legged, make weird noises
From my cigarette-hole.

I use all my hands to cover my breasts
Turn my head and weep when they stare at me.

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