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By Sapardi Djoko Damono

So where else should our conversation go (the room quivers with the sigh of the clock, words now emptied. Outside after a night of rain the trees grow greener; grow redder
roses are under the window; and mist, and mist that always makes us forget) after the rain, when each tries to think of a name, the clock’s ticking grows whiter

Percakapan, from Damono Sapardi Djoko. Melipat Jarak : Sepilihan Sajak 1995-2015. Cetakan kedua ed. PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 2016.

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