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Birsilah Bakar

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What counts
is waiting on walls
I was born for this
I was born to hustle roses down the avenues of the dead

- Consummation Of Grief, Bukowski

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Langkawi: Berani

Ada banyak jenis berani. Ada orang berani mintak nasi sepinggan lagi walaupun doktor pesan banyak kali yang kaki tu mungkin akan kontot sikit daripada masa lahir. Ada orang berani pakai baju merah sambil selamba melintas sekawanan lembu meragut di tengah padang. Macam aku, berani aku datang bila orang kata 'eleh, hang mesti tak boleh buat punya.'

Hidung aku kembang-kuncup. Alip pa dal ya?

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