Banyan
by Sudeep Sen
As winter secrets
melt
melt
with the purple
sun,
sun,
what is revealed
is electric —
is electric —
notes tune
unknown scales,
unknown scales,
syntax alters
tongues,
tongues,
terracotta melts
white,
white,
banyan ribbons
into armatures
into armatures
as branch-roots
twist, meeting
twist, meeting
soil in a circle.
Circuits
Circuits
glazed
under cloth
under cloth
carry
alphabets
alphabets
for a calligrapher’s
nib
nib
italicised
in invisible ink,
in invisible ink,
letters never
posted,
posted,
cartographer’s
map, uncharted —
map, uncharted —
as phrases fold
so do veils.
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so do veils.
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nada nada skala yang tidak diketahui, sintaks berubah bahasa lidah, terakota meleleh putih, pita beringin ke dalam armatures sebagai akar-cabang twist, meeting tanah dalam lingkaran Sirkuit sayu di bawah kain membawa huruf untuk kaligrafi itu ujung pena dicetak miring dalam tinta tak terlihat, surat tidak pernah diposting, kartografer peta, belum dipetakan - seperti frasa lipat begitu juga cadar.