And so she sailed deep into the glow of September / and when she contemplated herself, / it was as if she turned her thoughts to someone else, / to another time. /// Days and days. / 1998 or ten years later. /// “Was it a disappointment?” / “No”, I answered. /// He jumped down. / And there was the sea. / Salty. / It ended, like me now. BEFORE THE SEA You call to the sea as you would a dog, a large animal, you'd like to pet, it barks and licks you with its cold tongue. You call out and laugh less afraid than we are and the sea appears to have regained an age of when it was still tender. And so she sailed deep into the glow of September / and when she contemplated herself, / it was as if she turned her thoughts to someone else. _____________________________________________________________ http://intermedia.ffa.vutbr.cz/before-the-sea-brot-kunsthalle