On 14.6.2014, a street festival took place on Lothringerstraße in Aachen, Germany. katharinajej puts up a hammock in between a traffic light and a road sign at the end of the street. People are passing, cars rushing. In front of the hammock a sign reads: Join me for a moment of heaven. katharinajej lies down in the hammock waiting for her guests.
... a man lay down with me, red plaid shirt, jeans, perhaps 40 years old, with a white Basque cap.
He smelled of alcohol. We were suddenly very close in the hammock. Our bodies snuggled together. The hammock did not allow anything else. My head was in his arm. He told me about his roof terrace on which he invites friends by telling them: There is no music and nothing to eat. Just come and watch me in the sky. He will soon be flying for the first time, which he never did before. Actually he thinks it is a funny idea to be in a tube in the sky and to leave contrails behind. He was happy to see clouds and no azure because he thinks that clouds are much more beautiful and varied. His friend appeared in front of the hammock, what gave him the opportunity to say goodbye. He wanted to kiss me, I gave him my hand so that he could kiss my hand.
... a woman lay down with me in the hammock. Blue eyes and a white embroidered blouse, I guess she was 40-something. Her friend had just gone to withdraw money from the bank. Next thing, she was laying in my arm. She told me that she lives in a suburb of Aachen and always dreamt of having a hammock in her garden. Only the trees are missing. All the more she enjoys being in the hammock here and now, she said. Then, we ran out of things to say. When her friend came back from the bank, she crawled out of the hammock.
... a man in his 40s with glasses walked up and stood next to my hammock. He stayed there for some time and said he would lay down with me, but now he's not in the mood. Then, he asked if he could join me in the hammock together with his dog. I accepted. He told me his dog was a Mexican nude greyhound and that we should not rock the hammock too hard due to this fact. In the past, this breed was known to show people their way after death. For his dog, he will cook later a dish made from meat, carrots and onions. His dog is allowed to sleep in bed with him. The man would have stayed longer with me in the hammock but I was getting a bit chilly.
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