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Taufiq Ismail
Taufiq Ismail


Now imagine a black cannon pointing at Africa horizon. Follow me stepping back three centuries remembering the West Java battles when Tuan Yusuf was chief commander

Listen to the Faure wind whining coming from two oceans shaking hands at the northernmost cape or at the freezing South Pole

Look at the leaves drifting in autumn around the reddish bay whispering softly whenever colours come and go

(Taufiq Ismail)
Taufiq Ismail
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