B  R  O  A  D  C  A  S  T  I  N  G  G  O  D
 
 
 

      APOLLINARIANISM
      EBIOTINISM
      EUTYCHIANISM
      MONOPHYSITISM
      MONOTHELITISM
      NESTORIANISM
 
 

                      what's the difference?
 
 

                homoiousion       ("of similar essence")
                homoousion        ("of the same essence"
 

                was  jesus christ
                created(PART) divine?
 

       BIOLOGICAL  competent

       EMOTIONAL-SEXUAL  competent

       DEVOTIONAL  competent

       MYSTICAL  competent

       ENLIGHTENMENT  competent
 

                                   WHO     KNOWS    WHO   CARES
                                   (Who gives a f... anyway!)

                           H O L Y   M A D N E S S
 

       St. Andrews walked the seasons
       All but clad

       St. Basil the Blessed
       Was one strange fellow

       St. Nicholas Salos
       Surely used his phallus

       St. Francis of Assisi
       Wept for humanity

       Al-Hallaj was quartered
       But he never faltered

       Abu Sai'd would but wear
       a drunken dead man's stare

       Shems-i-Tabriz stormed the land
       All but the Holy Book in hand

       Illah- Din  of Narnaul came of age
       Wearing irons, seated on a throne of garbage

       Miyan Abu'l-Ma'ali refused his wife
       But he loved boys - o what a life

      Muktananda asked Zipruanna
      "What's the matter?"

      He  carelessly  replied
      "Body is waste matter."

      Neem Karoli Baba exposed his thing
      Then wildly took breast to wing

      Nityananda refused the loincloth
      Tried it once but it slipped off

      Ramakrishna worshipped his cock
      Must he answer from the dock

      Meher Baba would not speak
      Neither cunt would he seek

      Mad, mad
      Are they mad

      Or are we
      Just being had

March 2002

L  I  T  U  R  G  Y
 
 

P O E T R Y

    i
     s
       u n l i k e

                                   cozyfutons
                                   velvetsett
                                   eesleopard
                                   rugssilkha
                                   ndkerchief
                                   sorquilted
                                   potholders
 
 

P O E T R Y

    i
     s
       (not) u n l i k e
 

                                  the CLITORIS
                                  a bundle of nerves
                                  8000 nerve fibres
                                  to be precise
                                  pure in purpose
                                  for PLEASURE

           P O E M
 

           Let me bury
           This poem

           But before
           I do

           Let me write
           it down

This poem is called   N  A  R  R  A  T  O  L  O  G  I  C  A  L
                             R  E  E  L  A  B  O  R  A  T  I  O  N
 

It goes like this....
                     .
                      .
                       .
 
 
 

                                    F U C K F U C K
                                    F
                                    F
                                    U
                                    U C K F U C K F
                                    U
                                    C
                                    C
                                    C
                                    K
                                    K
                                    K

       why do

           mosquitos

                    bite
 
 

        BECAUSE.............M
        BECAUSE.............O
        BECAUSE.............S
        BECAUSE.............Q
        BECAUSE.............U
        BECAUSE.............I
        BECAUSE.............T
        BECAUSE.............O
        BECAUSE.............S

        BECAUSE.............B
        BECAUSE.............I
        BECAUSE.............T
        BECAUSE.............E

INDIA to PAKISTAN:      "YOU KEEP PAKISTAN
                                   WE'LL HOLD ON
                                   TO INDIA."
 
 

PAKISTAN to INDIA:      "YOU KEEP INDIA
                                   WE'LL HOLD ON
                                   TO PAKISTAN."
 

INDIA to PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN to INDIA:      "LET'S
                                   BOTH
                                   FUCK
                                   KASHMIR."

                      HAIKU
                               (for Ernst Jandl)
 

                        WORDS
                         standing in a straight line

                         ...................................

                                     patiently waiting

                                              to be arranged.

   PERVASIVE PEDAGOGICAL PARADIGMS
 

      before this ends....
                         take note (THAT)

                                         P

                                             is not "just this"
                                             is not "simply that"

      but  again is...
                        "clearly(a) generalization(-),(a) simplistic,
                         (attempt) to clarify genres from their
                         origins to their present conditions,
                         describing evolutionary processes and
                         periodizing stages of development,thereby
                         making it possible to isolate the different
                         historical threads that (permeate) con-
                         temporary experiences."
 

     after this begins....

                          take heed (THAT)

                                          P

                                               then becomes "simply this"
                                               then becomes "just that"

            ALL THE WAY HOME
 

                                wiwi
                            wewe
                            wiwe
                            wewi

                                wiwiwewe
                                wiwewewi
                                wiwiwiwi
                                wewewewe
 

                                           ........ALL  THE  WAY  HOME!

      GOVERNMENT(á la Malaysia)
 

            Accountability.......................SHUT UP!

            Altruism.............................SHUT UP!

            Balance of power.....................SHUT UP!

            Bill of Rights.......................SHUT UP!

            Checks and balances..................SHUT UP!

            Civil liberties......................SHUT UP!

            Civil Rights.........................SHUT UP!

            Common good..........................SHUT UP!

            Constitutional law...................SHUT UP!

            Credibility..........................SHUT UP!

            Democracy............................SHUT UP!

           Egalitarianism.......................SHUT UP!

            Equal opportunity....................SHUT UP!

            Human Rights.........................SHUT UP!

            Judicial review......................SHUT UP!

            Local government.....................SHUT UP!

            Nonviolence..........................SHUT UP!

            Open society.........................SHUT UP!

            Participatory democracy..............SHUT UP!

            Political access.....................SHUT UP!

            Public interest......................SHUT UP!

            Public morals........................SHUT UP!

            Public opinion.......................SHUT UP!

            Social contract......................SHUT UP!

            Utalitarianism.......................SHUT UP!

            Welfare..............................SHUT UP!
 
 
 

                 (SO WHAT ARE GOVERNMENTS FOR?.............SHUT UP!!!)

BLADI  GOMEN

              de bladi gomen
                          dey all gostan (into the) rakyat
                          (now we have) mayat
                          (with little or no) hayat
 
 
 
 
 

                                                          de bladi gomen
                                                          so kay poh chee
                                                          tok (like) kuachi

               aiyo watudu
               (we all) mangkok
               dey all kayu
 

                                           de bladi gomen
                                           so samseng
                                           (with) dey all
                                           (we cannot) kamcheng
 
 

                                           de bladi gomen
                                           dey all gostan (into the) rakyat
                                           (now we have) mayat
                                           (with little or no) hayat
 

 RELIGION

                               ( I must insist.....)
 

                             IS

                                    some confession code,
 

                             A

                                    deranged nightmare,
 

                             S
                             O
                             M
                             E

                                    shapeless cancer,
 
 

                            WITHOUT    a blunted capacity to wonder,

                            THAT       supreme static hypocrisy.
 

                  SO..............................................WHAT?

                   (ALL  this  and  MORE  still  leaves  GOD  without a

                                                   MIDDLE NAME!!)
 

         MANER MANUSH
 

           THROW AWAY THE ADI GRANTH
           THROW AWAY THE BIBLE
           THROW AWAY THE QURAN
           THROW AWAY THE TALMUD
           THROW AWAY THE SUTTAS
           THROW AWAY THE VEDAS

                                   AND.......(THROW)
 

                                      open our hearts
                                      to the unlettered WORD

  POSTSCRIPT
 

    ( WHAT IF..... )

    muhammed passed

    THE KAABA

    without even

    noticing the damn thing ?

    ( AND SEVEN TIMES AT THAT !!! )

                     curriculum vitae
 

                      catholic
 

                                homosexual
 
 

                                             sado-masochist
 
 
 

 (signed: hermes phettberg)

     BUMIPUTREA

              I'M (NOT a MALAY) artist
              Or so THEY say

              I do not see the light of day
              .....do not even know how to pray!

              not even very real MALAY

              Don't say that with such ease
              Lest you catch that disease!

              Go get your money and goal
              Go and quietly sell your soul

              You seek identity?
              What about sovereignity!!

              But maybe I am gay
              And also MALAY

              Now what do you say?
              You that is so MALAY

 LAGU KEBANGSAAN
 

                          BOLEHLAND               BOLEHLAND

                          MALAYSIA                MALAYSIA

                                      BOLEHLAND

                          BOLEHKAH                BOLEHLAH
                          BOLEHLAH                BOLEHKAH

                    BOLEHLAND                             BOLEHLAND
                    MALAYSIA           MALAYSIA           BOLEHLAND
 
 

                M      A      L      A      Y      S      I      A

                            B      O       L       E       H

                where lies that silence
                huddled in the womb

                why comes that song
                crying in the wind

                when laments the child
                muffled in the cradle

                who judges the war
                that we fight within
 

                                            di mana kah tersenyum
                                            lambayan hati

                                            mengapa kah tersedut
                                            nyawa yang terakhir

                                            bila kah ini semua akan
                                            berakhir

          ETYMOLOGIA BAULA
 
 

           SHOULD "vyakula"
           SPELL  "vatula"
 
 
 

                          SEE "vyaula"

                                SAY "vaula"
 
 
 
 

           REMOVE "vy" and get "v"
           REPLACE "v' with "b"
 
 
 

                          REPEAT "baur"

                                   READ "baul(a)"
 
 
 
 

                   ARE                      YOU                      MAD

BALLAD FOR KOSOVO
 

             SUFFERING SUFFERING
             HERE THERE
 

                                 EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE
                                 SUFFERING BEWILDERMENT
 

             HERE THERE
             SUFFERING SUFFERING
 

                                 WHERE WHERE
                                 HERE THERE
 

              WHERE SUFFERING
              THERE WHERE
 

              EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE
              THERE THERE

                                  SUFFERING BEWILDERMENT HERE THERE
                                  WHERE SUFFERING WHERE BEWILDERMENT
 
 

 SUFFERING SUFFERING SUFFERING SUFFERING SUFFERING SUFFERING SUFFERING
 WHERE WHERE WHERE WHERE WHERE WHERE WHERE WHERE WHERE WHERE WHERE

 HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE
 THERE THERE THERE THERE THERE THERE THERE THERE THERE THERE THERE THERE
 

         DERITA DERITA
         DI SINI DI SANA

                                   MERATA RATA
                                   SINI SANA
 
 

         DI SANA SINI
         DERITA DERITA
                                   MANA MANA
                                   SINI SANA
 

        MANA DERITA
        SANA MANA

                                   DERITA MERANA DI SINI SANA

        MANA MANA
        SANA SANA                                   MANA DERITA

                                                         MANA MERANA
 
 

DERITA DERITA DERITA DERITA DERITA DERITA DERITA DERITA DERITA DERITA
MANA MANA MANA MANA MANA MANA MANA MANA MANA MANA MANA MANA MANA MANA
 

SINI SINI SINI SINI SINI SINI SINI SINI SINI SINI SINI SINI SINI SINI
SANA SANA SANA SANA SANA SANA SANA SANA SANA SANA SANA SANA SANA SANA

 MALAYSIA BOLEH
 

                        PO...as in "Pontif"
                        LI...as in "Liability"
                        TIK..as in "Ticks"

                        MA...as in "Machiavelli"
                        HA...as in "Harass"
                        TH...as in "Thatcher"
                        IR...as in "Irritant"

            HUMAN DESTINY REVISITED

                          A RATIONAL EXPOSITION OF THE PROBLEM
                          OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND ITS CORRESPONDENCES
                          WITH STELLAR IDEAS AND JUDGEMENTS
                          OF MANY NOTABLE NATIVITIES AS VERIFICATIONS
                          OF THE PRINCIPLES ENUNCIATED WITHOUT
                          THE AID OF MATHEMATICS OR TECHNICAL
                          KNOWLEDGE, DIVINE FORM AND/OR MUCH
                          PLEASURE OF THE MERE SYNTHESIS OF
                          THE COSMIC WHOLE.

            FABIAN'S WALK
 
 

                                  IS ACTUALLY
 

                                                "AN ADAPTATION TO AN
                                               ATTACK OF POLIO THAT LEFT
                                               HIS RIGHT ARM ATROPHIED
 

                                  PRECLUDING QUADRUPEDAL LOCOMOTION"

            Don't Confuse Confucious
 

             Don't Confuse Confucious

                                     by coining lyrics of
                                     similar pronunciation
                                     like"wo jiu qu ni made"
                                     (I will fuck you) or
                                     "wo jiu qu ni ma?" (Shall
                                     I marry you soon?)

                                                  ( apologies to Wei Wan
                                                    of MAGIC STONE )

                 Don't Confuse Confucious
 

                                     by examining disparate
                                     opinions on cannibalized
                                     aesthetics and populist
                                     collages of eclectic historicism

                                                   (apologies to John
                                                    Thackara - DESIGN
                                                    AFTER MODERNISM)
 
 

          REMEMBER WELL......

                                             confused Confucious
                                                    has a weak heart (xin)

                                             some say,
                                                       maybe even a weak
                                                       sex (xing)
 
 

                                  SO DON'T CONFUSE CONFUCIOUS!
 

                                     to

                             al-Haji Muzaffereddin
                     Shaikh of the Tekke of Kutbul Arifin,
                     Gavsulvasiliyn, Hatemal Muctehidin
                               Sultan Muhammad

    Tok Tok
 

                     come lah
                    please lah

                     do wan lah
                     got no time lah

                     why like dat one
                     don't tarek harga lah

                     no syok lah
                     not steam one also

                     come lah please lah...........

            VISION
 

             -------
             Are you
             -------

             b
             bl
             bli
             blin
             blind?

             Yes I'm
             -------

             blind
             blin
             bli
             bl
             b!!

            ALAMAK !!!
                                  ULAMAK

                           MAK ULAR

                                  ULAR MAK

                           LAMA MAK

                                  MAK LAMA

                           ALAMAK
                                   ULARMAK !!!

         LADY DIANA
                         (God bless her wee bum!)
 

                         LADY  DIANA

                         LA  DY  DI  ANA

                         LA  DY  DI

                         DI  DI  ANA

                         LA  DI  DI  ANA

                         ANA  LA  DI DI

                         DI   ANA LA DIX

 HISSTORY
 

                   The

                      Trouble

                             With

                                 HISTORY

                                   is

                                 HIS STORY

                   WORDS-WORTH
 
 

                                    WOOD ON PAGE
                                    PAGE ON PAPER
                                    PAPER ON BOOK
                                    BOOK ON TREE
                                    TREE ON SOIL
                                    SOIL ON EARTH

                                    EARTH IN SOIL
                                    SOIL IN TREE
                                    TREE IN BOOK
                                    BOOK IN PAPER
                                    PAPER IN PAGE
                                    PAGE IN WORD

           ULTASADHANA
                                                   (minus diacritics)
 

                                  if i feigned death
                                  what then of breath

                                  if i had breath
                                  what then of death

                                  which comes first

                                  breath or death
                                  death or breath

                                  death of breath
                                  breath of death

                                  dying whilst living
                                  living whilst dying

                                  living and dying
                                  dying and living

                                  if i feigned death
                                  what then of life

                                  if i feigned life
 

                                               what then......!!!??

                           M elayu  B aru
 

                         T H E S E   M E L A Y U

                             Some    M   eminta

                             Others  M   eriah

                             Some    M   erajuk

                             Others  M   enangis

                             Some    M   emujuk

                             Others  M   erayu

                             Some    M   enyesal

                             Others  M   enyampah

                             Some    M   enyumpah

                             Others  M   enyinggung

                             Some    M   enuduh

                             Others  M   enyantau

                             Some    M   erana

                             Others  M   erantau

                 ALL  WANT  TO  M   EMERENTAH
 

          UTOPIAN BLUES
 

         When does  the artistic impulse  become a caste on the verge of untouchability? It becomes desacralized only when it produces a wit so louche and bohemian - one that resembles an ode to whoring and cocaine. It is at this juncture that the artist descends into a drunken stupor notorious for its swearing and its blasphemy. It is this music of the bordello which clears the space for the artist to shamelessly indulge in shamanic imagination.

          Art cannot always only be the surreal expression - that pure imaginative vehicle of the Spirit. It must also adhere to the bodiliness of meta-aesthetic junk, so indulgently termed euphoria. Once this occurs art becomes that which aggrevates the body and sublimates the Universal Self. Artistic preoccupation has by then become commonly "sacred" sans a cohesive intimate spirituality.

          Artists can be grotesque, normadic brilliant servants or they can be sovereign masters of utopian srtucturing of the very order of being to which they aspire to belong. The bohemian life of the dejected artist is at times nothing more than a low down spirituality, recontextualized in an economy of commodities. The artist's privilege (presumptuous as it already is) - to be drunk, to be insouciant now becomes the artist's curse, and an irrelevant one at best. This commodification of art measures precisely the failure of a romantic revolution in culture and taste. It argues against the final ecstasy and becomes meaningless trash.

         So we do admit it - there is a problem. Art reminds us of one of those cinematic-vampire victims already so drained of life juices and almost ready for callous abandonment.

         This disappearance of purist art is little more than a situationalist programme for the "Suppression of the Realization of Art", a form of Composition, a code of Repression. Art and its creator can now only resurface  beyond Commodity and Composition if and when the artist illuminates a certain mundane reincarnation of the Doer - as only one possible combination or constellation in the Scheme of Things.
 

(Apologies to Hakim Bey and coincidentally to Baudelaire!)
 

Latif Kamaluddin
(Way of the Heart)

7 March 2002