pay and go

At three in the morning feel wide awake. This is nonsense. Why is sleep being interrupted like this? Get up, look at the machine, try to play the day's wordle puzzle. It does not work out, leave if after the third line. Return to the bed and fall asleep.The story repeats itself at six. But this time there is the story of the kidnapping spree in Venezuela on the news. At that time there were just reports of bombings in Caracas. Make coffee and read the papers on the computer. Slowly a lack of concentration and dizziness sets in. Take another rest.

Then go out and walk to a grocery store to buy some Italian coffee. The store is open, it is strange. Both the staff and the shoppers seem older, lined grey faces and slow gaits. It is strange. The coffee is way down at the back end of the store. Spend some time selecting the typ,  bearing in mind the description and the price. There is no need to waste money now, is there?

Then return home and make breakfast.

This time the collapse is vicious, sleep until ten. There is a message from the photographers arty circle saying that they will meet in the gallery.

At one in the afternoon, arriving for a cup of espresso in the gallery, took another look at the pictures. The man is showing his own pictures. They are colour pictures which have had most of the colours taken out of them, just pale remnants letft. They are neither black and white nor colour, and there is little personal contact with the viewer.

There is a meeting in a loud Italian restaurant afterwards. That is exhausting. Drink another cup of coffee, pay and go.