I think I fell in love with Berlin
October 16, 2008 | 9:45 am | Shorts | Places, Writing | 1
There is one particular image-memory. A square, the grass was green like a velvet Christmas dress and the sky was blue and cold. I sat on a low brick wall. Behind me were ancient marble buildings, the only clouds in the sky. It was still morning, and the yellow warm of sunlight shone from the gilded dome above but hadn’t yet reached the ground. I remember the metallic modern skyscrapers standing across the river.
A woman walked up to me, small and short with long black hair covered by a scarf, skirts flowing. She was carrying a scribbled piece of cardboard.
“Do you speak English?” she asked. I looked her in the face. “No.”
“Sprachen sie deutsch?” Her voice was accented, but not German. “No.” I said again.
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Hahaha!
Gypsy?