Very much later again. Recollecting the images of days. Filing what piled up. Leaving a few notes here and there but overally feeling content seeing the structures and colours and lines shape imaginations and memories. An open wide city outside, remainders of sunlight and what seems distant fireworks. Exercises in savouring the short, ephemeral moment. And letting go, at least of a few dangling thoughts. Have a soft night wherever you are.

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(Bilder aus den Wochen nach Prüfungen, nach einem Vorsommergewitter. Der elterliche Garten, die Dorfstraße, der Himmel. Und dann das Viertel, die Kreuzung, die Silhouette des Parks. Dasselbe Licht, Jahrzehnte später. Dasselbe Licht...)

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9am almost, and the sun lazy in a sea of blue. The sound of a village in its usually weekend flow. Bees in the meadows. And a theater of shadows performing arcane plays. Just a spectator again.

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Sufficiently later, an attempt to reduce speed in a gentle manner. That light again, but on a quiet sky spanning above the hills. Chatter and music nearby, as the weeks of summer festivities seem to have started. Focusing on the small details in between instead, trying to listen down into the realm of ants and mouses and hiding from mosquitos while slowly being surrounded by cool darkness. In between worlds once more. Pondering belonging, once more. Have a peaceful night wherever you are.

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After dusk, after hours. The songs of the crows disappeared in unknown distances. Same as the wind. Quiet shadows of trees between houses and streets and the river and its meadows. Neighbours engaged in conversations on the balcony, an indifferent dog sleeping under that small table, candle flickering as if it was to prevent dark fully on its own. Striving to remember how the morning started but not getting hold of these thoughts anymore. Maybe there's goodness in this kind of forgetting, too. Have a soft night wherever you are.

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Hours later and still not completely sure of the day. A wall of books, an endless sky, the sound of a bus and doors opening, closing, without getting people anywhere. Bats on erratic, random routes. A few birds. A phone ringing for way too many times. E-mail notifications, appointments set appointments missed and a long weekend fades into past. Turning the page again, but devoid of real poetry today. Have a soft night wherever you are.

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Böen über dem Dach, grauer Morgen. Zu früh erwacht, gefühlt verschlafen, den Ort lang nicht wiedererkannt und jetzt taumelnd zwischen Restmüdigkeit, Unruhe und Gedanken an hoffnungslose Dörfer, kleine Familien, große Häuser und das Leben nah bei diesen Seen. Verhandlungen mit sich selbst. Noch kein Kaffee, noch kein sehr ausgeprägter Wunsch, schon wieder wach zu sein. Habt es mild heute.

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Früher Nachmittag und immer noch viel unter Wolken. Indifferentes Wetter, Indifferentes Licht. (Ankommen, Weiterziehen. In Bewegung verharrend. Die eigene Straße ist leer.)

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The evening, kitchen edition. There's a similarity between beer and bread and somehow a strange nostalgia in both that predates industrial centuries and makes one ponder alternative styles of living and false perspectives on old crafts that work way different in these ages. (A day ending in thoughts same as pointless as the ones it used to start in. Meanwhile, city's about to get ready for this night and everything it might offer and in few cases this seems about anything but sleep. Be safe wherever you are and whatever you're into, heading for the new morning.)

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Stop and go, in a mental way. Restlessness on too many levels, batteries discharging faster than usual. An odd state of exhaustion. Somewhat beyond a mere lack of sleep.

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Merklich später, scheinbar, aber ohne Zeitgefühl, in Geschichten von Sonntagabenden und Vorsätzen und Stimmungslagen und normaler Unruhe. Gewitter scheinen immer noch die Stadt zu umkreisen, ferner, näher, und die Abstände zwischen den Bussen, die hinter der Kreuzung bremsen und wieder anfahren, werden langsam wieder größer. Darüber hinaus hüllt sich die Straße in Schweigen, nur gelegentlich quietscht eine Tür, schreiten Füße über die alten Steine. Krähenkonversation mit den Wolken. Bass aus der Kneipe. Wieder zurück, aber noch nicht ganz. Have a soft night wherever you are.

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Die drückende Hitze und die Traurigkeit der Schottergärten. Außenstadtleben am Nachmittag. Emotionales Pendeln zwischen DJ-Sets, lauten Gitarren, Klavier und amorpher Stille. Unergründlich tiefe Vergangenheit in allem davon. Sinnieren über Reisen, Nachbarschaften, die Zufälligkeiten von Gemeinschaft und die Hürden selbstverständlicher Technologie. Linien um sich selbst ziehen, anfänglich scharf und klar und irgendwann zunehmend nachlässig, erratisch. Und der Versuch der Beurteilung, was innerhalb liegt und was nicht. Auch heute: Keine befriedigende Einsicht.

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Slow morning, slow noon. Closing books, bags, windows. A sigh. A glimpse of sun and no shortage of clouds. On the go, again.

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Crowded platforms, crowded trains. Traversing the heart of the city. Melting with the words the languages the scents again, and trying to ignore that guy reading tabloids on his smartphone right next seat. A moment of serenity: Moon in the upper window. And still a few stations to go. Have an enjoyable night wherever you are.

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Kurz zur Ruhe kommen, hinter hohen Fenstern. Das Treiben des Viertels beobachten, ohne sich darin zu verfangen. In Gedanken verlorengehen zu Vergangenheit, Gegenwart, Alter, Selbstwahrnehmung und tatsächlichem Auftreten. Ziellos unterwegs, ohne sich wirklich zu bewegen. Die Schatten des Tages werden länger.

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After noon. Trailing around neighbourhoods again. Being a quiet guest in between people having late breakfast on the sidewalk. Once again, strongly, feeling the inseparable being of architecture, culture, urban planning and people. And the impacts a lot of current ideals and demands do have on life between old facades and old wild corridors of green and grey. It's more than just an apartment house.

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(Es braucht eine Pause, wenn Gesichter und Körper und Kleider und Tattoos verschwimmen und man niemanden mehr wahrnehmen kann. Auch: Die Herausforderungen von Nahverkehr in dicht bebauten Städten. Bahnsteige, Waggons, Richtungsweiser, Scherben alter Flaschen. Zu wenig Umkreis, viel zu viel Nähe.)

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Much later. Filing memories, letting the day sink in, somewhere in between exhausted and grateful for what almost feels like undeserved retreats from the daily flow. Watching the city trains on still crowded platforms. A car picking up young adults in evening clothes. And all those still out there waiting for time to find its purpose, restless, sleepless. Have a soft night wherever you are.

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(A little later. Slightly dizzy. Overstimulated. Fragments of texts echoing in mind. Just one drink from falling to publicly improvising on Beckett pieces. And night's still young.)

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Afternoon and other neighbourhoods. Life taking place on sidewalks. Street food, old pubs, a few natives, a lot of travelers, a jungle of unsettling scents and talks. Returning to the river, staring into waves, letting mind cool down.

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