Lost

Fingers crossed themselves and entangled themselves and refused to let loose. It was cold, bitter, and raining. God came walking to me with 2 nuns, sisters. I looked at my toes and said I am an atheist. Oh.. we have something especially for you, young faithless people. God came on paper and made it into my pocket, the vast repository of ringing cell phones and lost train tickets.

Now, is it not fun that 2 minutes into your seat, you seem to be unable to find your cell phone any more? You are already outbound. The network will go off in a minute, I am frantically turning the world inside my turtle bag upside down. Then comes the voice: 'call one cell phone with the other'. The sound.. the ringtone.. o2 with vodafone, direct to mailbox, god, i left one phone behind at the coffee shop. god passed under my breath, a free bird, sat on the table and mocked at me heartily.

1.. 2.. 3.. seconds.. call the person i was last with, ask him to rush back to the shop and check, call the hotel.. those sneaky thieves.. call before it's too late... make up nice excuses for losing the company phone..

I sat back into my seat. I was carrying my troubles with me at 300kmph (that's hearsay it was running around 200). There could be no relativity. Trouble was very much enjoying the view. My soul nose dived, the bike key yesterday, wallets stolen twice in a space of 3 days... how can i forget the lost school leaving certificates and the 50 others? Lost. Gone down the drain. Lost lost lost. People, money, degrees, whole years lost on me, whole jokes down the drain, failing to tickle me. Whole drives on hard disks, flat tires, friends, books. Damn sonsofbitches, return my books. Umbrella. Fake 2€ coin.

Now what have i found that can somehow compensate for my losses? A fake 1€ coin. 10€ note, muddy, wet, dropped by some drunk person. Trouble, bad strategic decisions like buying a spare set of bike tires, 3 changes of sim cards.. We know where all this is going.

Kevin Spacey forgave them all even with a bullet in his head. Beautiful life.

Cell phone beeped from inside its papery hide.