home town -
21 kilometres from north to south.
asking view from the north:
"the first colony on mars?"
suggestion from the south:
"it seems to be more like the waltons home village."

home town -
stairway to heaven vs. explore the ground.
it looks like baikonur -
but we paid all our bills
the coking plant gets a museum and
nature found its way back.

home town -
conveyor belts and more than
1500 km city road.
divided in lines, sublines.
a maze for transportation.
and alice?
it is "alice in soot-land"

home town -
chubby-cheeked facade - gum-gum front.
zooming in.
astonishing details and structures.
only a chewing-gum machine and
the front of a factory?

home town -
the chimney and the shadow.
smokestacks in a row
plants with permanent, woody,
usually branched trunk
as shades.

home town -
kiosk and pipeline.
a small open structure where newspapers
and refreshments are sold -
the so called "trinkhalle" or "bude"

home town -
oasis | champagne supernova.
"where were you while
we were getting high?"
no pop group
and this oasis is a gambling casino.

home town -
glad you missed the city centre?!.
attention:
this is no sightseeing tour
it is a puzzle
with disappearing pieces.

home town -
patterns and illusion.
the window pane as an atlas.
landscapes and colorful landmarks.