Kleinzeit
“He smelled his supper, looked at it, Something pale brown, something pale green, something pale yellow. Two slices of bread with butter. Orange jelly. He stopped looking, stopped smelling, ate a little. It may not be health, he thought, but it’s national.
Faces. Two rows of them in beds. He smiled at some, nodded at others. Comrades in infirmity.
‘What’s new, Schwarzgang?’ he said. Blips going all right, he noticed.
‘Be new?’ said Schwarzgang.
‘I don’t know. Nothing, I guess. Everything.’ ‘D’yo...u go?’ said Schwarzgang.
‘Here and there in the Underground. Coffee shop.’ ‘Lovely,’ said Schwarzgang. ‘Coffee shops.’ Kleinzeit lay back on his bed thinking about Sister’s knee. Brown velvet sky again. An aeroplane. You’re missing what’s going on down here, he said to the plane. He extended his thoughts downward from Sister’s knee, then upward from her toes. He fell asleep, woke up when Sister came on duty. They smiled big smiles at each other.
‘Hello,’ she said.MoreLess
Faces. Two rows of them in beds. He smiled at some, nodded at others. Comrades in infirmity.
‘What’s new, Schwarzgang?’ he said. Blips going all right, he noticed.
‘Be new?’ said Schwarzgang.
‘I don’t know. Nothing, I guess. Everything.’ ‘D’yo...u go?’ said Schwarzgang.
‘Here and there in the Underground. Coffee shop.’ ‘Lovely,’ said Schwarzgang. ‘Coffee shops.’ Kleinzeit lay back on his bed thinking about Sister’s knee. Brown velvet sky again. An aeroplane. You’re missing what’s going on down here, he said to the plane. He extended his thoughts downward from Sister’s knee, then upward from her toes. He fell asleep, woke up when Sister came on duty. They smiled big smiles at each other.
‘Hello,’ she said.MoreLess
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