(...) I heard it in the wind last night
It sounded like applause
Chilly now
End of summer
No more shiny hot nights
It was just the arbutus rustling
And the bumping of the logs
And the moon swept down black water
Like an empty spotlight

(Joni Mitchell: For the roses)

Illustration: Ror Wolf (Titelbild zu "Raoul Tranchirers Welt- und Wirklichkeitslehre"). 1990, Anabas Verlag, Giessen. ISBN 3-87038-157-4