Diving the Wrecks

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magdalena zschokke. Diving the Wrecks

Diving the Wrecks. Magdalena Zschokke

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If I cling to circumstances I could feel

not responsible. Only she who says

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Her nostrils filled with the scent of paper, cardboard, and the dusty smell of electric space heaters as she walked by a news kiosk. The two middle-aged ladies behind the counter stared sourly out from behind their mountains of papers, chewing gum, candies, and cigarettes. Even the people buying snacks looked sour, and the men drinking beer looked aggrieved. They stood at the tall metal tables not looking at anybody, downing their beer as if it was medicine.

She figured she probably looked just as grim. It was hard to smile when your face felt frozen, and everything was gray. Maybe the men looked as though they were ingesting medicine because it was not yet nine o’clock on a Monday morning, and one should most certainly not look like one drank beer for fun at such an early hour.

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