Note 1995

Note

again
you arrested me
I wrote about it

again
you twisted my arms
I wrote about it

again
you clubbed my head
I wrote about it

do it
until I spit blood
let there be proof

do it
in front of a crowd
show them
your guns and your sticks
and let them see

again
you’re abusing me
I’ll write about it

my body is the evidence
that you beat again and again

the crowd has seen it for themselves
and I’ve written about it
I keep writing


(Translation of Catatan)
Translated by Eliza Vitri Handayani
Source:
DOI: 10.1177/0306422017730970