Wishes that Became Small in The Hospital
There are other mosques where the prayers are thrown louder
and prostrations stranded without limit
There was a subtle, almost imperceptible fear
about the ego that is often exchanged
as well as desires that are always burning
Those days he understood
That chat can be more important than air
Chat tube
Chat transfusion
Chat pill
Chat shower
Chat chat
Life should be simple
Breakfast of eggs and bath twice
Honey, life is not a Padang restaurant
We need forward roll hundreds of times to say hello
to the next door neighbour
Everything should be simple
But health insurance procedures are never simple
Dying now surgery later
Age in God’s hands
and cash
and credit cards
Bismo Triastirtoaji was born in 1995 and lives in Jakarta, Indonesia. This poem remembers his father who passed away last year.