It’s me! You’re thinking of me! You wanted to see me and here I am for you to see. Now, you suddenly remember just how much and why you love me.
There’s the smile! The contagious smile! You see it, especially when you close your eyes and think of all of the times you put it there and you think of when you’ve neglected it and then you remember you miss it and you want it back in your life.
Today I decided to stay at work after my shift was over so I could wait for my boyfriend. (I work in a pizza shop) I got bored sitting around so I started doodling, which lead to me drawing a bunch of pizza related things and hanging them all over the kitchen.
SO in Britain all the swans may belong to the Queen, but lemme tell you about Hamburg:
Hamburg is built around a river, so there’s many many many canals (the 2400+ bridges put Venice and Amsterdam to shame), as well as a fairly sizeable lake (here the smaller section, innit precious):
This means a shittonne of swans
(stay away from the swans) (seriously don’t go sailing on the lake because they WILL chase you). Obvs swans aren’t made for cold weather (p sure they’re all Australian immigrants actually) so Hamburg has an official job position to take care of the issue.
This dude’s name is Olaf Nieß (trying to spell his name on non-German keyboards must be fun):
This guy’s job title is “Schwanenvater”, aka “swan father”, and his job literally consists of getting swans to safety before the winter chill sets in. How does he do this, you wonder? Easy: he goes up to EVERY SINGLE FUCKING SWAN in the city and sticks them in barges. I’m serious:
Look at this dude and his swans
Swans are like Satan’s personal pet and he paddles around with barges full of them like it’s nbd.
I fucking love this guy he’s braver than all of us and deserves some recognition for his absurd line of work.
The position of Schwanenvater used to be passed from father to son, but if I remember correctly, it’s quite possible that this will change once Olaf Nieß retires. It was established in 1647.
Also, Hamburg has a whole agency that deals with the swans, it’s called the Schwanenwesen (x). They do other stuff, too, like taking care of other water fowl and their habitats and any seals that may turn up in the Elbe (which they occasionally do). And they have a dog (x) that can search for any swans that are hurt and have gone into hiding.
Day after day without fail these nightmares keep haunting me. Creating fear in the only time I can escape from reality. I know it’s not real, but what’s stopping it from become true? This unneeded anxiety I feel, the confusion my mind feels, the worries, the tears when I wake, why. Please just leave me alone, I’m happy for once, don’t let me ruin it.
