Flipping through the mental recordings of the recent hours, trying to leave some cut marks where to extract meaning. Later on. Hiding in the shadows cast by a deceptive sun, with puddles left by strong rain evaporating on the balcony. 4pm, more or less, cautiously moving on.
10pm and slightly further already. A bus stopping at the station. A crowd of teenagers giggling in front of the pub. Dark music, dimly lit balconies and a quiet yet colourful party moving on, filling one of the backyards with late life. Coming home, days later. A feeling like not having been away at all, and yet it takes time to really be here again. Have a soft night wherever you are.
10pm and on. Reconnecting to common systems. Also: Italian red wine and German elephants. Not sure how to avoid certain pitfalls, or wondering whether to just increase ones own skills of ignoring certain topics and aspects of reality for good. Somewhere along the week, there's a new,night. Sleep tight everyone wherever you are.
Somewhere in the evening, machines powered down, mind running thin for now. Took notes of what will be important still, with the new day. Watched the village cat take on its food under the tree, shy and continuously alert. Waited without any success to see bats, got rain instead from random, dense clouds. Pondered borders, communication lines and ones own inabilities, again and without too much success too. A moth dancing in artificial light, a spider casting early shadow on a wooden barn wall. Young grapes, wet grass, a hope for dreams and no sleep so far. Have a soft night wherever you are.
Innehalten, Puls setzen lassen, Atem holen entlang imaginärer Wegesränder, wenn man eigentlich seit dem Morgen kaum Strecke zurückgelegt hat, aber sich wie nach einem Marathon fühlt. Unten bellt ein Dackel in Richtung der Postbotin, die solche Unverschämtheit geflissentlich ignoriert. Die Studenten gegenüber lüften ihre Zimmer, gießen Pflanzen, verschwinden wieder hinter Bildschirmen und Bücherstapeln. Neue Schatten, klebrige Wärme überall dort, wo die Sonne erkennbar wird. Schon wieder weit im Nachmittag.