I thought 
  that car wouldn't wait for me,
but - lo! it did.
  You may not know
 just what I mean...

It was a glossy car
 and black
and it was standing
  at the entrance of a block
of flats,
   and not so far
while 
   there was an ash-tree
  growing above...
It dropped florescence,
 withered,
  on its roof,
capote and windscreen,
 the trunk and rear window...

It looked 
   as beautiful as love!

I tried to make 
 a take...
  Die Batterie war leer...*
So I 
 walked home...

I really wanted to go back
   to use my chance,
  but my covid fatigue,
which seems to be eternal,
  kept me in.
I went to bed and fell asleep
   and slept all night without stirring...

I thought that car
   wouldn't wait for me,
but lo! - it did.
  For once the rule,
rule of the moment, didn't work.
   Exception proves the rule...

That car was there the next day -
  noone had cleaned it.
In broad daylight -
   it was right there!
And my abstraction takes
  turned out
to be great!!!

At night when I was on my way
  home
from the starry park 
  I took what I should have
the night before...
  Oh, I expected the night takes
to be much more
  than those of daylight,
   but... yo-ho!
They were not half as good...

You never know...

That car, however, waited for me -
   there you go...
No cleaning...

Now you must know
  what I did mean to say
at the beginning...




April 29, 2023


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*The battery was out (German)