Raincoat in two cities; Dead man epidemic

Raincoat in Two Cities

That city became Semarang since the seawater wanted

to climb the hill and have a new year’s party in the space inside

colonial buildings. Drink friendship

and paint your photo on the rainy season’s walls.

All night long it wears an electrical raincoat:

the city floating 45 degrees above history.

In its raincoat, clove cigarettes and an ATM card.

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