(4pm and on. Continuous improvement. Unchartered territories, in code and configuration. Parts of the system complain on their way down. Log files flooded, event queues overflowing. Taking a breath, watching clouds shape across horizons under a late afternoon sky. Stepping back, waiting for better ideas. Too much coffee, too little rain.)
10pm and on. Listening to the darkness, breathing its silence. Pub is closing doors again, leaving a bunch of late souls to find their ways home. Some chords, played somewhere next door, presumably a violin, advanced skills. Wanting to chime in on the piano but deciding against this, not to disturb someone elses dreaming. Staring into dim skies instead, as if to make stars appear this way. Not much luck, still trying. Have a light night wherever you are!
(Nochmal Wiederanknüpfen an begonnene, unfertige Ideen. Keine leichten Lösungen für diffizile Probleme. Starren auf Daten Muster Interaktionen. Runden laufen. Wenig Sinn gewinnend aus dem, was nach hinreichend vielen Runden bleibt. Marken in Aufzeichnungen kratzen, um zumindest wieder zurück zu finden. Kalte Abendluft. Ein Hauch von Fluss, ein Traum von Wiese, die Nähe von Bäumen. Das Viertel schlägt die Bettdecken zurück und dimmt seine Lichter.)
Maybe close to 10pm again. One step back, observing the evening and the city and those to return home late and those to leave for whatever their life is all about same as late. Thin lines, too: Avoiding hours and places to not by accident meet oneself - while at the same time watching ones paths slightly detached, trying to understand roads taken and words said. A bit disillusioned, a bit numb, and always a bit of feeling guilty because of both. Different hours same clouds and no moon. Have a calm night wherever you are.
4pm and on. Unsure where the day went, but then again looking at month and year and wondering the same for the weeks that fled. The calm after the rush. The insight once more that settling dust leaves just some bigger parts exposed to attention while most of these just fall and disappear.