verboten

mixed message

dessau, 2021

not allowed in heaven

P1081355-Bearbeitet-2berlin s-bahnhof tiergarten, 2020

sarah mary chadwick – i’m not allowed in heaven (click, hear)

brandlasten

P1221437berlin charlottenburg, 2020

on staying away

DSC00070-Bearbeitetberlin friedrichshain, 2019

no…?

tübingen, 2018

have yourself a nice world cup

DSC04974-Bearbeitetniederrhein, 2018 (when germany was still taking part in the soccer world cup)

no smoking

P8190097anyhow, nobody lives here anymore

berlin mitte, 2017

unbefugtes bekleben

dsc09032…das ist doch kein leben (just for the rhyme’s sake :))

berlin friedrichshain, 2017

this crane is not for you to climb

this cranefrom duisburg’s inner harbour.

the title of this post is probably a slightly more poetic rendering than the literal translation of this vintage german verboten-sign.