Benjamin [English translation]

Benjamin, my neighbor and I

We were once unseparable

But it didn't last

Our story is short:

I got home late

And ordered pizza

At the corridor, around eight o'clock

We met and he introduced himself

He was new in town

Had moved nextdoor the day before

We unpacked his things

Spent the night together

And had pizza

All this happened weeks ago

We were in love but it's over

The desillusions of life made we see each other with other eyes

I don't find it bad that we are neighbors

It's practical, actually

When I'm in vacation

He takes care of the mail, the flowers and the newspaper

But no one takes the impression away

That I can hear his nightly visitors through the wall

Ben-ja-ja-ja

Oh, Ben ja-ja-ja

...

Benjamin

Now, what can I do?

I can't sleep listening to them

Who bult this house of papier-mâché?

I mean, it's nice when people love each other and all

But it sucks when they sleep together

So I go to the balcony

And sleep on the floor

The night is starred

And certainly pretty

And it makes me think about the couple nextdoor

Ben-ja-ja-ja

Oh, Ben ja-ja-ja

...

Benjamin

All this happened weeks ago

They were in love

But it's in the past

The desillusions of life made them see each other with other eyes

The neighbor's wall got silent

And, since this evening, a new man lives next to me

And his name is "Jan"

• Artist:Anna Depenbusch