Günter Dinhobl (Hrsg.): Sonderband 7. Eisenbahn/Kultur – Railway/Culture (2004)

IV. Die Eisenbahn-Technik / Railway-technics - Nathan Horowitz - Gerhard Hufnagel - Hillary Keel - Heidelinde Lindorfer - Peter Waugh: Labyrinth - Train Ride, Train Ride

LABYRINTH Train Ride, Train Ride

Nathan Horowitz - Gerhard Hufnagel - Hillary Keel - Heidelinde Lindorfer - Peter Waugh

Two or more rails run together, separate, a tiny galaxy on Nathan’s shoulder Rumour has it fares have risen, destiny has changed rails again Air flies by glass, Jesus floats above, warm breath on windows’ rush I feel nauseous, bushes blur past and future, wheels turn stomachs and minds Nervous; never again. Silent dream of noisy reality deafens (space between cars) this hyphen a non-reality, gap between standstill and motion - Reverse gear - crash (‘47 die in top-speed rail smash’). Passengers forever In my dreams of gold meteor salad I don’t feel nauseous at all. Look and see Do you like train rides? - loo-looping loopily? Scanning the window screen? Eyekati - yekati-yekati-yek, trarickety tickety tockety roc around the station clock

To fly along steel without leaving the ground, and read or write, listen to music,

sleep

Run along the iron street, your body takes every jolt, every bump of the track Amble on sea-legs loowards (remember how the ticket inspector does it!) Inside, someone left a bunch of freshly picked grapes staining the seat No-one wants to eat them but me, so I sneak them in one by one (space between cars) this hyphen a non-reality, gap between standstill and motion - Random fleeting visions along the railway cutting’s dilapidated scenery I imagine the train in a box, with a fox and a rat with a hat - Die Befrieung der Mutanten beginnt! Released prisoners exit and re-mutate Every trainy day the same story ...