13.11.2014
electronic beep, ends deep sleep. Rationalization of the disturbance is attempted by the mind, but the beep is insistent and allows no deception. Shower, shave at work, time fleeting. Feeling bad, but then who is at fault.? wash the face, brush the teeth, remember that there needs to be an appointment with the dentist..
Out to the damp street, past the Bachmeier bakers truck, down t0 the bus atop. Dolores in different clothing today, and an umbrella. 'There is a man at the stop who has called a taxi. He is collected, a large, cream Mercedes,
The square before the station is deserted, the smokers are withdrawn under the big glass porch, staying dry.
Coffee at Yorma's, no Hedgehog, but ¡Moustache!, waiting, dissatisfied expression, on his face.
Down the tunnel under the tracks, up the steps to the platform, crowded today, for no particular reason. The trains arrival is accompanied by the passengers everyday race for a prime boarding position, for to be first on the train means to have the widest choice of the available seating.. There will be plenty of seats for all, unlike the next stop on the route, Moosburg. The platform there is well attended, the ticket collector cannot reach the front of the train before she is trapped by the incoming mob, trapped immobile at the last passengers seat whose ticket was last checked..
The train slides on like some red slug through the landscape of occasional lights puncturing a deep, deep darkness outside. The modern trains have reduced the sense of movement for the passengers, despite their higher speed. Just the noise of the many small electric motors and the rumbling, rushing round of the wheels on the tracks is to be heard. The men opposite talk slowly and quietly to each other, other passengers sit with their eyes closed,
A young Japanese girl is crosslegged on her seat, behind the suitcase taking up the space where her legs could be. She gets up for Freising, leaving wildo writing these notes as the train rolls into the station.
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