Tonight at 7
After having established a position in the public discourse – on the streets and in the media – we’re preparing ourselves for the climax on Revolution Square. Tonight at 7. Will the people unite in a unique expression of their general will? Will they rally around our white banner?
[And then there is Bob. Persistently nibbling food – pecking crumbles like a starving sparrow on a bird table. In the taxi I can hardly contain my irritation – a few crumbs left in a roll of biscuits – for minutes on end he fiddles, the crackling sound piercing the fragile mental equilibrium in the taxi. People are not meant to be together for more than a few hours. More than that goes against nature. His diet consists of little cut pieces of cauliflower, tomato, cucumber, beet root, all kinds of nuts and bread. In between – apples, bananas, pomegranate, mandarin. Occasionally a proper meal – but not enough to prevent the nibbling – the constant, persistent nibbling.
And then there is Bob -
In-sich-hineinstopfender Nielsen
In-sich-hineinwuelender Nielsen
In-sich-hinein-und-ueber-sich-selbst-gehender Nielsen
There is the pencil sharpening, the questions, the never ending questions, the barrage of questions, the myopic leafing through wads of Rial notes in the wallet, the outbreaks of panic if strangers should take an interest in his eating habits; the outbreaks of panic as his cries cut through tranquil meetings: "My notebook! Where is my notebook!" -- Everyone scrambling accommodatingly, until Nielsen finds it on the chair next to him.
And then there is Bob –
Skeptischer Nielsen
Wohlgesinnter Nielsen
Ueber-den-Gebetsteppich-hinauslaufender Nielsen]
[And then there is Bob. Persistently nibbling food – pecking crumbles like a starving sparrow on a bird table. In the taxi I can hardly contain my irritation – a few crumbs left in a roll of biscuits – for minutes on end he fiddles, the crackling sound piercing the fragile mental equilibrium in the taxi. People are not meant to be together for more than a few hours. More than that goes against nature. His diet consists of little cut pieces of cauliflower, tomato, cucumber, beet root, all kinds of nuts and bread. In between – apples, bananas, pomegranate, mandarin. Occasionally a proper meal – but not enough to prevent the nibbling – the constant, persistent nibbling.
And then there is Bob -
In-sich-hineinstopfender Nielsen
In-sich-hineinwuelender Nielsen
In-sich-hinein-und-ueber-sich-selbst-gehender Nielsen
There is the pencil sharpening, the questions, the never ending questions, the barrage of questions, the myopic leafing through wads of Rial notes in the wallet, the outbreaks of panic if strangers should take an interest in his eating habits; the outbreaks of panic as his cries cut through tranquil meetings: "My notebook! Where is my notebook!" -- Everyone scrambling accommodatingly, until Nielsen finds it on the chair next to him.
And then there is Bob –
Skeptischer Nielsen
Wohlgesinnter Nielsen
Ueber-den-Gebetsteppich-hinauslaufender Nielsen]
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