lifesaver

A man saved my life today, deftly and in German. He sped past on his bicycle and veered in to make me stop. Excuse me, your brake cable is dangling and it’s gonna tangle in the spokes.

I didn’t understand what he had said, my mind was on the sky and at first I just stared blankly. He got down to show me the cable. It was indeed dragging on the ground like a lightning tape from an old car and he bent down and coiled it into a ring and made it fast. I sat down under a tree at the roadside and ordered a bright orange summer drink. Life goes on, today, thank goodness, thank kindness.