CRASH

Was this your first date with her?

Yes.

A trip to the seaside?

Yes.

Did you rent a car?

Yes.

A brand new car?

Yes, yes.

Did you hit the road?

Yes.

Towards the sea?

Yes.

A rented car?

Yes.

A rented house?

Yes, yes.

Evening picnic on the seashore?

Yes.

Then late at night, did you start driving back to the house?

Yes.

Was there a section of road?

Yes.

A so-called “zoo”?

Yes.

With relatively lot of wild animals crossing the road?

Yes.

Were you talking?

Yes.

Were you just giving her a light?

Yes.

When you spotted two wild boars?

Yes.

On the road?

Yes.

Did you swerve, swerve?

Yes.

Instead of braking?

Yes.

With wheels straight?

Yes.

Perhaps hitting the animals?

Yes.

But no?

No.

You rather swerved around them?

Yes, yes.

But couldn’t you hold the car on the road?

No.

Did the rear right wheel slip into the shoulder?

Yes.

Did the car sway? Did it sway?

Yes.

Do you think so?

Yes, yes.

Did it climb back onto the road for a moment?

Yes.

Before landing in the ditch?

Yes.

Did the wheels hit the side of the ditch?

Yes.

Did you roll over four or five times?

Yes.

Did the car knock down a tree?

Yes.

And then it came to rest? At last it came to rest?

Yes.

Did all this seem to take infinitely long?

Yes, yes.

Was there time to think everything through?

Yes.

And then realize? Realize?

Yes.

That a state of rest had set in?

Yes.

In this infinitely long moment?

Yes.

Were you very afraid?

Yes.

That she, she might be hurt?

Yes, yes.

That something would happen to her?

Yes, yes.

Did everything come to rest?

Yes.

Did you look at each other?

Yes.

Only a few bruises?

Yes.

Did you unfasten the seatbelt?

Yes.

And fall to the ground?

Yes.

Was it only then that you realized?

Yes.

That the car was lying upside down?

Yes.

That the hood was dug into the ground?

Yes.

Did you climb out the side window?

Yes.

Was it like a movie?

Yes.

A movie?

Yes, yes.

The high,rolling grass?

Yes.

The rumbling of the sea?

Yes.

Was it pathetic?

Yes.

Was it absurd?

Yes, yes.

Was the radio still on?

Yes.

Did you hug each other?

Yes.

Did you then climb up to the road?

Yes.

Did a local man call the police?

Yes.

Accident scene investigation and tow truck?

Yes.

Was the car towed to a car dump?

Yes.

Did you take the train the next day?

Yes.

Did you marry her a month later?

Yes.

Because you’d been through this together?

Yes.

You had experienced something extremely bonding?

Yes, yes.

In an extreme situation?

Yes.

In a terribly short time?

Yes.

Did you get to know each other?

Yes.

Or you just believe so?