"Queer Resistance From a Buried Kampung", Lune Loh
The Bissu foretold oppressors
that liberate, liberators that
oppress, sex and gods bound
to erasure, even with prayer.
The Manang Bali cursed into
Pontianaks, doomed to rip
every organ of puritanic men:
slaves to gendered frangipanis.
The Basir's seances have ceased
in efficiency against the Leyak:
loss of relevance via the other
swallowed by foreign imports.
The Waria, born on the cusp of sea
routes, traded qi with Huilijing
coolies, housed threatened Sirena;
rituals in the spirit of commerce.