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Di Mejaku
Terpajang foto dengan senyum-senyum merekah
Duduk berdampingan
Mata sedikit terpejam terlihat kesilauan
Memandang sesuatu jauh
Bukan kamera
Apa lagi sang surya
    Salah satu tangan mereka mendekap Kencang
    Mungkin
    Tak inginkan semua hilang
    Mimpi, asa, cita
    Itulah yang mereka tatap
    Itulah yang mereka dekap
Begitulah seharusnya
Bukan terpaku
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Half of eight

What is one half of eight?
Four -- I guess.
No more? No less?
But wait !!!
1/2 of 8 is 3, or E.
Tipped over it is m or w -- see?
To the Romans it still was VIII.
It's a bird in flight, the world,
the sun, a full moon at night; a
pair of skydivers holding hands.
It's a ball, a balloon, a raindrop,
a teardrop, a drop of dew; it's the
yolks of two eggs staring at you.
It's a wheel, a coaster, camera lens,
a soap bubble, a smoke ring ---
am I getting to you?
It's a plate or a saucer, even a ring;
half of eight is a tricky thing !!!
It's a Frisbee, a porthole, a circus ring,
a button, a marble, a pea or a seed.
Half of eight is wondrous indeed !!
But after I'd pondered, thought of it all,
1/2 of 8 was nothing at all --- Ooooo.
M. G. Nicholl
1-19-82
San Diego

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