Cycling with Zoli the Turk
translated by Krisztina Rácz * edited by Laura Brown * illustrated by Ede Sinkovics
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
endless cycling
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Several days had to pass by before I tracked you down. My bike could barely keep itself together from the constant traveling, the whole st...
sixth cycling trip
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I tried to look into your eyes, but I couldn’t catch your look at any point during the day. But I know that you're here. Even if I don’t...
fifth cycling trip
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I think I died. The door opened and a man whom I'd never seen in my life came in. A fur hat was on his head and I couldn’t see his face ...
forth cycling trip
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My stomach rumbled, and only then did it come to my mind that I hadn't eaten anything for days. I got up from your bed, went to your pan...
twelve-minute cycling
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We are incredible: sometimes I can’t even believe that you exist, and that I exist for you. When I peeped out of the barn, I heard fumbling ...
second cycling trip
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A cold night was awaiting me in the barn. The neighborhood dogs barked, but I didn’t pay attention to them. As if I heard a snake hissing to...
first cycling trip
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When I arrived, I found all the doors and windows closed. I propped my bike against the wall, I was hungry and exhausted, but I preferred no...
last cycling trip
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Today your servant visited me. The one you call Safet, I think. He said that I need to know that you love me, and that not for all the wor...
seventeeth cycling trip
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Today it was very bad waking up. I was sad because I didn’t find you lying next to me. I missed you. A lot. Although I knew that you are w...
sixteenth cycling trip
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I had to sneak in to you. In an unexpected moment I managed to get away from my servants, I slipped out of a back door, and along the labyri...
fifteenth cycling trip
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Today they forbid me to meet you. Even though you were close to me, almost within reach, I could have even touched you, but they rebuked me ...
forteenth cycling trip
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The chief of the security service visited me today and ordered me to tell him all about my life. He wanted to know every single detail. Who ...
thirteenth cycling trip
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As we were rattling down the slope, there was a pothole on the road that I, of course, didn’t notice. We fell down anyway, but had you not g...
twelfth cycling trip
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Again I hear my voice. Again my mouth speaks. Again I have a tongue. Again I speak to you. Again I know it's you. Even though all day al...
eleventh cycling trip
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I waited for you in the bath today. Much time had passed, but I didn’t get bored admiring the decorative tiles, while I was enjoying the emb...
tenth nano-cycling
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I must confess to you, because I realized. We have met once already in time. Whether it was in the past or the future, I don’t know exactly....
ninth cycling trip
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It’s been three days since I remained without words. I don’t know what to say, I just stare in front of me, and remain silent. It was enough...
eighth cycling trip
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Today I didn’t speak. I didn’t say a word to anyone. Not even a voice came out of my throat. Though I could have spoken, there were people t...
seventh cycling trip
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Let's get it over with, I tell Safet. Even though I don’t feel like it at all. In a huge chamber there are at least a hundred girls. I s...
sixth cycling trip
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It’s Safet again. He just won’t leave me alone. He is the only one in the harem for whom my door is always open. And he is the one who doesn...
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