The dream maker

chapter 6 : curiosity

Thus, Klaus convinced himself to finally make the jump , he felt like it was his only salvation and the final answer to all of his questions and all of his fears

There , on the edge of the central building down town , stood Klaus with his hands in his pockets , his eyes were looking down with no fear , even though he had troubles with heights before , then looking up for a sign or guidance or  forgiveness for what he's about to commit

It was a foggy day , one of those days when the sun is completely vanished even before it sets down in the sea , when wind is saturated with dust that it collects and lifts off from ruins of houses , and squished tree leaves that passers unknowingly crush . He can feel this wind crosses gently between his legs and shoulders one time ,and blowing till he shakes off his spot a little in other times

People started noticing the crazy man standing at the edge of the building , slowly forming a crowd that was whispering among each other and picking their phones up to either call a friend to come and enjoy watching this with them or to open the camera and video tape the event that soon will be a good topic and a conversation opener at work or school

Everyone wants something new to say , everyone wants everyone to listen , that's why we ended up believing that words we say have a value , where they are emptier than silence .

" the local news team came , funny .. a news crew came before a medic crew or an ambulance , I guess that sums up everything that the new world is , and where its heading to .. there are no other words to describe this , this situation can speak for itself , warning people about the cliff we are speeding up to , but unfortunately  they can't hear because they're all talking " thought Klaus as he  recalls some of his memories ,only because they give him more motivation to jump already

" I made the news … I guess the only way to make the news these days is either to be a villain who kills everyone , or to be one of  the crazy people who don't need a villain  to do so to themselves , you die from one end , you turn into a number in the other , and maybe a lousy name you held your whole life will appear in the local paper in the obituaries if you're popular enough , that's what we are , that's what we will ever be … just numbers

In the birth statistics you are a number , in a school registration you are a number , in your ID you are a number , in college you are given a number , your car is a number , in a restaurant you are handed a number , in a bank as well , in a graduation statistics you are a number , you turn then to a worker , years after you fall onto a hospital bed , where you will be given a bracelet which has your name , and underneath it is your " number " 

You die a couple of months later , you turn into a forgotten silly little number that soon will be detached from your grave , and given to another human

Maybe the world's systems , whatever they are , should just tattoo every new life with a barcode on its hand that lasts forever , because after all this is what we made ourselves into, 'products of products ', it’s the worlds way to say 'stand in line ' or that you have so many clones out there that if you died , you'd be replaced in no time , there are many others of 'you' the world is sparing .. and still , we foolishly care what other people say about us ! " thought Klaus

Meanwhile , at the college's cafeteria , Roy was having lunch with his friend Ed  , before his final calculus 3 exam , they had the lights turned on because it's almost dusk , and the clouds were so thick , not a tread of the sunset was seen , he seemed quite distracted ,eating his lunch and staring at the table in silence , until Ed poked him with his elbow and nodded to the TV  hanged on the wall and said " hey , isn't that Klaus over there ? oh my god .. "

Roy looked up at the at the TV screen , and there he was , a news reporter was blabbering about a man who is about to commit suicide ,that looked exactly like Klaus ! NO .. IT IS KLAUS !