Admire the lights

Wed, 19th of December

sit down for a short while by the bed, the cat

comes over, full ofpurrs, friendly. She seems

to enjoy being petted in the morning •

And then get up, go down the old stairway,

and hurry on down the street.. go through

the christwas cafe, wooden huts and trees in

the middle of the town.

At the bus stop, say good morning to

Dolores, and then admire the lights from the

hotel on the other riverside reflecting in the

water of the river Isar. Turn, and look down

the main road, the Bundestraße 15, towards

the old gaol and the distant buildings on the

hills.

The bus is now visible, rounding the corner

by the gaol, may five hundred metres away

the vehicle looking small and insignificant

beside the trucks in the road. As it approaches

it appears to grow, and when it is at

the corner by the bridge and the bus stop it

is its full concertina-jointed fifteen metre length.

let dolores board first, and look

back towards the town gate. There, lit by

the orange light, a figure is running. It is

the Taxi driver, he is a little bit late, the

bus is a bit early. Tell the bus driver that

there is another passenger coming

on the run, the driver says that he will

wait.

sit down in the back of the bus. The

driver has not turned on the cabin lights,

the only light is the street lighting coming in

through the windows, and the light from

the television screens in the bus. It is

relaxing on the eyes, sitting in the dark

dim light.

Up at the front at the bus, the taxi driver

pays his fare, the driver waits a few

moments more, and then the bus moves

off. It moves steadily through the dimly

lit streets. At one point it stops and

waits, allowing an emergency doctor

to pass, he driving a big BMW all-terrain

vehicle, horns blaring, blue lights

flashing, speeding around the comers,

heading for the distant motorway.