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Boulevard of broken dreams

nikcob — Tue, 27 May 2025 08:33:28 +0000

“I left all my dreams and hopes
Buried under tobacco leaves
It’s not always easy kicking someone out
Gotta wait a while—it can be an unpleasant task
Sometimes somebody wants you to give something up
And tears or not, it’s too much to ask”

(Bob Dylan in Floater (Too Much to Ask))
Houthalen-Helchteren (B)

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A tower in the woods

nikcob — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 10:45:45 +0000

“Zum Sehen geboren,
Zum Schauen bestellt,
Dem Turme geschworen
Gefällt mir die Welt.
Ich blick’ in die Ferne,
Ich seh’ in der Näh’
Den Mond und die Sterne,
Den Wald und das Reh.”

(J.W. von Goethe in Faust, in Der Tragödie zweiter Teil (Part II), Act V
Dour (B)

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Miners stayed behind as a vague photo on the wall

nikcob — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:23:33 +0000

“Black as coal they fell to their knees
For no one could hear their pleas
They wheezed and wheezed until no more
For the air they breathed was poor.”

(M. Moise in Ode to the miners)
Genk (B)

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A stairway into the shattered

nikcob — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:11:50 +0000

“Es ist alles vollzählig, kann ich dir versichern, auch das Zerbrochene, auch die Asche im Herd, auch die Kartoffelschalen. Und das Krachen im Holz und die Finsternis unter der Treppe und alles, was nur hereingeht.”

(R.M. Rilke in Gewitter Gewitter (B)
Maasmechelen (B)

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