2014

AB – far-away hugs were necessary

AZ helped me bend legality

CS – high hopes, full glasses, broken promises

DZ – distance is inspiring

FU: “Screw you, guys, we’re going for a hike!”

GB – a sad goodbye – that was overdue

LZ – secrecy’s our secret

MK – more than once the only bro amidst so many cons

RR kept revolutionizing when we were in town

SR – still, you must be kidding

SS – a hidden coin, a wake-up mandolin and divinest (non)sense

TK – aphrodisiac aphorisms

US – a most lovely helpful being

VK – listened, laughed – hello at last 

2013

AB’s voice and food were just exquisite

AK vanished after a jolly episode of snowy heat

AZ and I were closer than ever

CS had ups and downs – glad we’re back on track

DD and I discussed the issue of mothers

DZ and I discussed the issue of women, death and morals

FU laughed her head off and opened up

GB – my darling: tender, brutal, everything

GR was the man, the friend, the bro

JB quoted Hagrid and kept walking

LB was the quiet voice who’s always right

LZ finally started talking about what matters

MK insulted me repeatedly – and with good reason

RR told the kids how much the fish was

RS was a piece of the sky gone blank

RU and I told each other jokes of male proportions

SR played the main theme, an interlude, the main theme

SS – a greater future lies ahead, we believe

VK expressed her love for orange beards
VM was my co-teacher and fellow beard friend

A Moment (Just) In Time

Ghastly Weather – We Said Hi –

A Talk And We Shook Hands – And Hence –

Beyond Your Stuttering I Will

Remember Only Elequence

Prey to Thee

O Thy kingdom stay

Deliver us from thinking

God AlmighTV

Love Letter

I send my love, my sweetest kiss

To him whom I do love so dearly,

To him who's English and who's Swiss,

To him whose name is Urs Sincerely.

Trains

The bench is hard, my hands are stiff Electric light is in the air More Departures and Arrivals Of which my eyes are unaware A stinging cold clings to my toes As I read that you are late I notice that there are white caps On the trains – and still – I wait – But if it wasn’t for your face I would go back to my retreat If it wasn’t for your smile I would go home and warm my feet

In the Meantime

AA impressed me much and always marched ahead AL gave me hope and later struck me dead CS, too often far away, was real at last DJ and me, we drank ourselves into the past FU was a sweetheart and a guiding light GR helped me puke my soul into the night GS was on his knees and played on my guitar JS – a faithful, lovely friend – still raised the bar MK and me shared space and sounds and visions MW meant many cups of coffee and decisions OK – one of the most stellar guys in town RR did not deserve to feel so down RS proved that warmth and passion need some friction RU experienced both freedom and restriction SS survived so many odysseys with me ST taught me some responsibility