You turned away from me, my colleagues. If I spoke to someone directly, I got a brief, evasive answer. They seemed to be embarrassed by my presence. I went through the last few days in my mind, checking if anything had happened that could justify this behavior, but with the best will in the world, …
At the beginning, you still think that none of that matters. At first you are so euphoric and endorphin-impregnated that you think that none of this matters. You are an early riser, a morning worshiper who is so invitingly tickled in the nose by the first ray of sunshine that you can’t help but jump …
„Hello, Doctor,“ Lisa greeted the lawyer with a beam of joy, which made him even more unsettled. „Who had the idea to be happy when he came to visit?“, he thought sadly to himself. „Exactly we need you now,“ said Lisa, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, especially not to …
Her gut feeling told her that evening, be careful. So, she parked the car a little away. It was lucky that she was there a few minutes early, which never happened to her. Then she didn’t go straight to the house as usual to get to the fifth floor where his studio was located, but …
At last he was in the car, the engine was already on and was about to call her when the passenger door opened and his wife jumped into the car. So, he left the cell phone plugged in and contented himself with looking puzzled.„I thought I would come with you,“ she said, „don’t look like …
„Why don’t you say anything?“ Comes one of the two partners pointedly when you get lost in the so-called intimate togetherness.„Because I have nothing to say at the moment“ would be the honest answer, but it would certainly be wrong because the answer follows, just as inevitable as the amen in prayer:„You mean because you …
Sometimes I’m just so infinitely tired of the challenges of the day, of the persistent split that can be observed everywhere and ultimately makes no sense, because nobody really wants it and still everything is done to make it progress. But on the contrary. One starts underhanded verbal warfare on the most meager occasions and …
Raven Onto felt comfortable with us and at home, as far as I can judge as a human, to be able to judge this. It did not take long for solid structures to become established. And why not repeat what has proven itself. This gives life a certain reliability in the midst of imponderables. It …
He had just made himself comfortable on the couch when she stood in front of him. He hesitantly looked away from the TV and towards her. „You know that this vernissage is today?“ she asked slowly. „Yes, yes,“ he replied, „I know.“ „I’d like to go there,“ she continued, looking at him with that look …
Still I held the candle in my hand, which was long gone. I had not recovered yet, from the pain that my dreams would remain un-lived, that my hopes of living together and giving up possessions would not be fulfilled. It was not possible. Not in this world. Not in this society. I sat there …
