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The day the monastery at Plehan moved up to the heavens

The day was mild say eyewitnesses when a white cloud rose toward the sky First all the Stations of the Cross unwillingly soared up toward the heavens With Jesus in the rear as usual bearing his own cross Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows covered her eyes With a lily in his teeth Saint Anthony looked for the forgotten young  []

Bosnia II

When children from Bosnia ascend to Allah falling asleep peacefully in Christ they don’t need a passport any more A black stamp suffices at all border crossings They quickly learn Happiness is Kitsch Antique furniture, Wiehler gobelins with a field of poppies make quite a nice bonfire A proof of existence cogito ergo sum Salt manufacturing in Bosnia is done  []

Sights that I wish for, III

Stars don’t exist to beautify our nighttime sky They are black coals, remnants of matter that didn’t spare itself they burned up in their own fire and they now live only when light falls on them – the light of other bodies that also burn up unstintingly Thus if we too selflessly burn to the end the glow of others’  []