Having transformed life into artTjotjok
the Javanese have a word for it;
Tjotjok–to fit, as a key slides
smoothly into an old lock once use
has grooved them into easy harmony.
Tjotjok–to defy gravity, as slim
limbs pedal balloon-tired bicycles
down broad Jogiakarta streets
slowly, soundlessly, space-
suspended dreams moving in
soft brown waves that take the
breath as they remind us that
the journey is all we are given.
Poetry: Jerry Bass / Art: Amy Ione
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ISBN: 0-9725330-0-1
96 pages / completely illustrated, 2002
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