News from the Front of the Office of the Secretary of State
Once his body has been stretcheredHurriedly
Out
We sing
'Leaves are Falling'
Slowly
A soldier
Takes off his beret and wipes
Tears none of us can hold back
At the top of the Gajatri
A flag hangs limp
Behind it: a roll of clouds
Taufiq Ismail
(1966)
(From Djakarta Dalam Puisi Indonesia (Poems of Jakarta), edited by Ajip Rosidi, Dewan Kesenian Jakarta, 1972, p. 107)
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