Tali Barr https://talibarrartwork.com Artwork and Stories Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:38:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Wetten auf Bare Knuckle Boxing – das neue Risiko im Ring https://talibarrartwork.com/2026/04/04/wetten-auf-bare-knuckle-boxing-das-neue-risiko-im-ring/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:36:41 +0000 Warum Bare Knuckle plötzlich überall ist

Roh, unverblümt: Der Markt für Bare Knuckle ist ein Vulkan, der kurz davor steht, zu explodieren. Und während Fans das Blut riechen, tippen Wettanbieter ihre Quoten in Echtzeit.

Die Gefahr, die keiner sieht

Hier ist der Deal: Ohne Handschuhe fehlt die klassische Sicherheitsmarge, die traditionelle Boxen bietet. Das heißt, ein einziger Fehltritt kann das Ergebnis völlig umkrempeln – und deine Wette sofort wertlos machen.

Statistiken, die dich wachrütteln

Im letzten Jahr wurden 73 % der Kämpfe durch K.o. entschieden. Nur 12 % der Kämpfe gingen über die volle Distanz. Das lässt die Gewinnwahrscheinlichkeit für Unterdogs praktisch im Keller.

Wie du die Quoten richtig liest

Schau: Die Buchmacher setzen ihre Zahlen meist auf das letzte Ergebnis. Das bedeutet, sie ignorieren das “Rising‑Star‑Phänomen”. Du musst selbst die Formkurve der Fighter tracken – und das in Sekunden.

Tools, die du sofort brauchst

Ein gutes Tracking‑Dashboard, ein schneller Browser‑Extender und ein Notizblock für spontane Insights. Ohne diese Ausrüstung kämpfst du blind.

Strategien, die wirklich zahlen

Erste Regel: Niemals auf den Favoriten setzen, wenn er im letzten Fight mehr als 2 K.o.s kassiert hat. Zweite Regel: Setz nur, wenn der Under‑Dog mindestens 30 % höhere Trefferquote im Clinch vorweisen kann. Drittens: Nutze Live‑Wetten, um die Dynamik des Kampfes auszunutzen – die Quoten verschieben sich schneller als ein Schnellfeuer‑Jab.

Live‑Wetten vs. Pre‑Match

Pre‑Match‑Wetten sind wie ein alter Trainingspartner – zuverlässig, aber langweilig. Live‑Wetten hingegen sind das Adrenalin‑Boost‑Café, das dich nachts wach hält. Der Trick ist, den Moment zu erwischen, wenn ein Fighter durch eine Trefferserie in den Rücken fällt – dann springen deine Gewinne an.

Risiken, die du nicht unterschätzen darfst

Ein kurzer Hinweis: Die Regulierung von Bare Knuckle ist in vielen Jurisdiktionen noch ein Flickenteppich. Das bedeutet, im Zweifel kann dein Gewinn plötzlich auf dem Tisch verschwinden, weil ein Gesetz den Markt schließt.

Wie du das Ganze absicherst

Benutze ein Split‑Betting‑Modell. Teile deine Bank auf verschiedene Kämpfe und unterschiedliche Wettarten auf. So minimierst du das Risiko, dass ein einziger Kampf dein gesamtes Kapital vernichtet.

Der entscheidende Tipp für sofortige Action

Hier ist das Fazit: Registriere dich bei wetten-strategie-online.com, setz einen kleinen Betrag auf den Fighter mit der höchsten Punch‑Accuracy, und erhöhe sofort die Wette, sobald die erste Runde vorbei ist und die Handschuhe noch nicht blutig sind.

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Dortmund gegen Nacional Montevideo Quoten – Was du jetzt wissen musst https://talibarrartwork.com/2026/04/04/dortmund-gegen-nacional-montevideo-quoten-was-du-jetzt-wissen-musst/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:36:41 +0000 Why the odds matter right now

Der Spielplan ist heißer als ein Grillrost im Juli. Jeder Buchmacher wirft seine Zahlen in den Ring, als wären es Pokerchips. Und du stehst am Tisch, bereit, den besten Zug zu finden. Wenn du das Ergebnis richtig einschätzt, fliegt dein Profit durch die Decke.

Der aktuelle Rückblick: Dortmunds Formkurve

Die Borussen kommen aus einer Serie, die sich anfühlt wie ein Marathon nach einem Sprint. Sie haben 3 Siege, 1 Unentschieden, und eine bittere Niederlage im Gepäck. Das heißt: Auf dem Platz ist die Stimmung knisternd, das Team hungrig. In den letzten fünf Spielen haben sie 10 Tore erzielt und nur 4 kassiert. Das ist ein starker Indikator für die kommende Begegnung.

National Montevideo – das südamerikanische Biest

Montevideo kommt mit einem Stil, der an Samba erinnert, aber ohne die Leichtigkeit. Sie spielen defensiv, setzen auf schnelle Konter und haben in ihrer heimischen Liga meist weniger Ballbesitz, dafür mehr Torgefahr. In den letzten drei Auswärtsspielen haben sie eine knappe 1:1-Statistik hinterlassen – ein Zeichen für Engpässe, die du ausnutzen kannst.

Quoten-Analyse – wo das Geld liegt

Bei den Hauptanbietern liegt das Dortmund-Sieg-Cote bei 1,85, während das Unentschieden bei 3,40 liegt. Das Gegenüber, Montevideo, steht bei 5,20. Das bedeutet, das Spiel ist leicht zugunsten der BVB verzerrt. Aber pass auf: Die Buchmacher haben bereits die Medienmeinung eingepreist. Wenn du auf das Unentschieden setzt, kannst du mit einem kleinen Einsatz ein saftiges Ergebnis erzielen.

Wie du das Risiko minimierst

Hier kommt der Trick: Kombiniere ein Double Chance-Wettschein (Dortmund gewinnt oder Unentschieden) mit einer über/unter 2,5 Tore-Wette. Das reduziert die Volatilität, weil du von beiden Szenarien profitierst – egal, ob das Spiel defensiv bleibt oder ein Torüberraschungsknaller kommt.

Und hier ist der Deal: Setz deinen Hauptbetrag auf die Double Chance, das ist dein Sicherheitsnetz. Dann leg einen kleineren Betrag auf über 2,5 Tore, falls beide Teams offensiv auftreten. So deckst du die meisten Wahrscheinlichkeiten ab und maximierst deinen Ertrag.

Quick-Check vor dem Tipp

Verletzungsberichte prüfen. Sind Schlüsselspieler wie Haaland oder Sancho fit? Aktuelle Wetterbedingungen am Stadion – Regen kann das Spiel verlangsamen und das Risiko für Über 2,5 Tore erhöhen.

Besuch dortmundwettquoten.com für die neuesten Quoten, Live-Statistiken und Insider-Infos. Nutze das Wissen, das hier geboten wird, um deine Wetten smarter zu platzieren.

Jetzt, wo du das Spielfeld im Kopf hast, geht’s ans Eingemachte: Leg deinen Wetttipp, setz das Geld ein und lass die Quoten für dich arbeiten. Schnell handeln, sonst verpasst du die Chance.

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The Camera https://talibarrartwork.com/2019/01/01/the-camera/ https://talibarrartwork.com/2019/01/01/the-camera/#respond Tue, 01 Jan 2019 01:36:26 +0000 http://talibarrartwork.com/?p=247 My dad used to hold the black box and look through it. There was a rectangle made of glass in the middle of it and a tall button on the side. Pushing the button down made a pleasant sound, longer than just a click, a circular sound, lulling and finite. My dad let me look through the black box’s little window, holding it by myself, while he covered my other eye. I got to see what he saw.

Through the little window, things seemed more distant — quieter and still, as if I were looking from the outside. As I held it I could feel its heaviness, the cold touch on my cheek, and its good smell … leather maybe, and something else… sweet… mysterious from foreign countries, where he had come from — before I was.

I watched my dad taking pictures. He would squint one eye, ready to push the button. For a moment, he looked like he was smiling, then the magical sound, and the moment was gone. Gently and quietly, he would put the black box inside the leather cover, back into darkness. He looked pensive and distant as if he were back in his foreign countries. He left me behind.

“Six weeks,” Mr. Eisenberg said. He was a photographer during the “evil war”. People said that he photographed Hitler. “You know, it’s so busy after the holidays… “ He said looking at my dad. “I hope this time the film is not so dark… I had to use special paper to print it last time, a special order from America… Check the light before you shoot, a camera is not a toy,” he said shifting his gaze to me, “not for little children… here….” he said with his German accent handing my dad a receipt, “take this so you won’t forget when to pick it up…”

While holding my hand, my dad put the receipt in his pocket, our two hands operated together like one, swinging up and down. His hands were big and dry; at times our palms were glued together and separated with a squeezing sound. I thought it was funny, but I didn’t laugh, to keep Mr. Eisenberg and his commentary out of it. Acting serious made it funnier, and as I held my giggle in I could hear my dad chuckle.

Six weeks we had to wait for the pictures to return. It was a long time to wait. I learned to name the continents of the world – all five of them; I saw America on the map, where the special paper came from, it had a boring shape, like a smashed box, not like the long elegant boot called Italy; my dog had five puppies, but four of them died; and I got my brother’s coat for the winter – it was really big and it was a boy’s coat, black with big brown buttons. Six weeks passed, my dad took the receipt out of his wallet, and we walked together hand in hand silently.

Mr. Eisenberg handed us a pile of pictures… “Don’t touch… careful… it just came out… let me put it near the ventilator… let it dry…” I was trying to reach over the high wooden counter when Mr. Eisenberg yelled, “it is not going to run away… patience … heaven’s sake… patience… this young generation has no time.” He pointed his finger at me and said to my dad, “no manners… no manners…” He sighed, “Where are the days when children knew how to behave?”

All his family had been killed, and he had a blue number on his arm — that’s why he was talking like that — we used to call him crazy-berg. Once we threw a dead lizard into his shop so we could see him standing outside yelling in that ugly language Hitler spoke. In the summer, he wore a shirt with one sleeve longer then the other so no one could see his number. I kept on trying to guess the number.

Going back home, while we were holding hands, I told my father about Mr. Eisenberg’s blue number. He didn’t say anything; he looked straight ahead and squeezed our hands tighter until they made that funny sound but he didn’t laugh. I knew what I said was wrong, but I couldn’t stop guessing the number. I was sure it was five digits, just like our telephone number: two numbers, a dash and three more. There were so many possibilities; I muttered them relentlessly hoping to somehow know when I reached the right sequence.

The picture we took is still with me. Mr. Eisenberg was right, it didn’t run anywhere… I look at the picture every morning; it hangs here, on my bathroom wall. It looks back at me every time I brush my teeth – the photo is here but the rest is gone. Mr. Eisenberg was left with a secret blue number, and I with a silent black and white picture.

Sometimes, I wish my dad were in the picture, so I could look at him. But every morning I get to look with him through the black box window at this picture — we freeze a black and white moment together. I can feel him standing close behind me, the cold touch of the camera on my cheek, the sweet leather smell, his hand covering one of my eyes, and my eye lid brushing against his palm — like a white sleeve brushing against a blue number.

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The Calendar https://talibarrartwork.com/2019/01/01/the-calendar/ https://talibarrartwork.com/2019/01/01/the-calendar/#respond Tue, 01 Jan 2019 01:36:06 +0000 http://talibarrartwork.com/?p=245 “You are afraid, afraid of everything. Look at you a walking dead man. The wall has more feeling than you.” Her voice would go up to desperate decibels. “Where did all your big promises go? Look at my sister, 4 years younger than me… they have a car… they have a bigger house… they go to the movies… overnight trips… I have to take the bus every day with the kids… why…? Why do you punish us…? Why, tell me why? Talk to me, why…? Just say something. You have a better job than he does… all these degrees… Just tell me why do we live in a one-bedroom apartment? Why, why, why… what’s the difference between you being alive or dead? You say nothing — you do nothing. If I end up in a mental institution, it is because of you. Do you understand… you… you want me to go crazy and leave you alone…that’s what you want…

Her words would escalate into shouts and her shouts into sobs. Was she desperate? Was she cruel? I could not decide. And how could he stand there and say nothing? Was he desperate? Was he cruel? My senses, like Lily our cat lurking at her prey, would heightened to predict my mother’s next move. Alert, vigilant, ahead of her game I would try to anticipate the future. Would she break a vase, the radio, shake the shelves into a book avalanche letting the new 32 volumes of the Hebrew encyclopedia crash down? Would she slam the door and leave with a look of contempt, or rather would she meticulously plan her flight with her black suitcase full, leaving empty open drawers behind looking cold and resolved? Would she stay with her younger sister and drive their beautiful Vauxhall car on an overnight trip, or would she disappear forever.

Either way my dad would look the same: beaten, shrunken, depleted and worn. If I said anything bad about my mother, he would look to a distant place and utter with effort, as if it hurt when he spoke, “she is right, it is not easy for her, you know.”

It was only the previous weekend, on Saturday morning, when my dad asked us to go and play outside and not to come back before lunch. He then shut the shutters and locked the door with a rare look of anticipation and enthusiasm on his face. As we were leaving, my mom’s favorite opera, La Traviata, was playing on the gray phonograph. I could not tell if I was happy or mad. Somehow I could tell that something really exciting was going to happen without me, yet that spark in my dad’s eye made me feel so happy and hopeful. When we came back, their hair was wet, the bed neatly made, and a warm soft silence wrapped around them — so different than the usual one.

I was sure he would get her the car she wanted the next day, a boxy Vauxhall with a mixture of wonderful smells of leather, oil and gas — just like her sister’s – with an ivory steering wheel and gearshift attached. There would be three round dials on the front with phosphorescent green numbers measuring speed, temperature and oil. Or at least he would take her far away on an overnight trip with packed suitcases and dress up clothes leaving us with his mom or sister and ask us to act like big kids who might get a wonderful surprise at the end of their trip.

My mother, still content and fulfilled, stood in the kitchen staring at the Swiss calendar hanging above the table “lets get out of here,” she said as if looking out the window into mirror-like lakes, mountains topped with white icing, wooden houses spread like cherries – and no trace of human presence. “Let’s just pack and go now.” she said it a bit louder while reaching for the cigarette pack in her pocket.

My father methodically collected the dishes from the table, wearing her apron, piling all the leftovers on one dish and washing the rest. My brothers were busy exchanging cards and sneaking food from the table to the dog. 
Was I the only one who heard what she just said? I looked at the blue lake and tried to imagine us there; without the harsh sun, without the stone houses, without the big garbage dumpsters on the street corners, without noise — I could tell from the picture it was very quiet without people — only expansive open vistas. It was far, foreign, frightening and so beautiful. I was already packing in my mind, wondering if Stila the dog and Lily the cat were coming too.

But Switzerland, the Vauxhall car, the long trip all dissolved into clouds of blue cigarette smoke while the cozy warm serenity between them was turning into sharp glassy silence. He finished the dishes and she finished her cigarette. He then took the ashtray from the table and asked her in a troubled voice “do you think I should throw these?” Pointing to the pile of leftover salad, chicken bones and watermelon rinds. Ever so slowly, she turned towards him and said quietly “did you just take the ashtray?” He was standing there looking at her like a deer skewered by a beam of light. We all knew he was not going to say anything. “Did you hear me?” She said in a piercing voice holding a cry in. “Tell me did you or did you not?”

She left when we were at school. We came back to a cloud of sweet tobacco smell. My dad was sitting in the living room with the radio on, half a cup of cold black coffee on the edge of the armchair and the long curly pipe in his mouth. “Mom needed to rest for few days”; he murmured holding the pipe with his teeth like I used to do with my pacifier.

I knew better than my mom not to ask questions, especially why questions, like why she can’t rest at home, why are you not going to bring her back, why can’t we buy a car or go on a trip for her, and why, why do you never say anything?

So I left to play in the yard with the ant trap I had made the day before. Circles of salt disguised as sugar would entrap the ants in small areas creating havoc among them. In places where they were brave enough to cross the salt walls I directed them with lines of dry weeds set on fire to a dead end. I remember how they were able to figure out the way out by retracing their steps back. What a relief it was when they made it out.

My mother also found her way back a week later, equipped with a legitimate reason to return. She couldn’t buy a car, couldn’t go on a long trip, couldn’t leave to go to Switzerland, but she could get pregnant.

Although worried, my dad seemed a bit more alive. He ran around the house putting out clean ashtrays, pairing single shoes together, and brushing the dog’s hair mindlessly.

The next month was seemingly quiet. My mother visited the furniture shop. She wore looser cloths and tried to eat more cheese and eggs but ended up staring at the food with a mixture of disgust and boredom. Each morning she pushed the full dish away, lit a cigarette and gazed at the new picture on the calendar. The picture for the month of April was not much different than the one of March and the months before. They all looked clean and cool and bounded by still serenity. My mom would blow the smoke towards the picture as if kissing it or whispering secrets. My father hovered around the house with anxious dexterity. He would open the refrigerator frequently making sure there were at least two full bottles of milk. He fixed the lock on the front door, and glued the crack in their bedroom window, broken in a previous fight. They did not talk much, or rather my mother did not ask much of him and the days went by ominously pregnant.

It was a few days after we turned to a fresh new May picture on the calendar which showed a house with a red chimney, a lavish greed field with numerous black cows and feathery white clouds in the vast blue sky. That day my mom told us to hurry up and go to school then go directly to my grandma for lunch. We all sensed it was a time for absolute obedience.

Late in the evening when we returned she was in bed sleeping. My brothers helped me with my homework and included me in their games. We stuck together in fright. Waiting.

Late at night I heard my mom sobbing, “I killed my child… I killed my child… but how could I bring a child to this home… how bad do I need to be to do that…” Then, I could hear her last whimper “you killed my child… do you hear…” and then, silence.

She stayed in bed for days after. We did not see much of her. When she walked to the bathroom she held onto the walls and looked down at the floor. Dishes of food entered and exited her room untouched. My dad continued to do household chores as before, only his hyper dexterity changed into slow laborious effort. He kept on repeating even when we were very quiet “be quiet your mom does not feel good…”

When Dr. Gampel, our family doctor, came to visit, he stayed in her room for long time. When he came out he tried to be nice to me and asked me if there were any left over red spots from my German measles but I did not smile. He tussled my hair and said, “Your mom is going to be just fine, nothing to worry about – now, go play.”

Soon after, my dad was called to the army reserve for a whole month of service. It forced my mom to function — almost normally. My dad never came back. He died from a bullet in his head. All I knew was that he did not die during combat, that his watch stopped at 9:00, and his ID had a few bloodstains. Some say it was an accident some said it was hard to tell.

It was June. On our calendar the picture showed a path wrapped around green hills with endless red and blue flowers. June 30 was circled and underneath was written in small letters “dad comes home”.

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The Butterfly https://talibarrartwork.com/2019/01/01/the-butterfly/ https://talibarrartwork.com/2019/01/01/the-butterfly/#respond Tue, 01 Jan 2019 01:35:44 +0000 http://talibarrartwork.com/?p=243 It was spring. The windflowers, the primroses, the red currants, the rag worts were all blooming in concert. Between them, the grass was bright green, lush and soft. After a harsh and gloomy winter the conciliatory sun sent pacifying rays to the soil, caressing the naked trees with a promise. The flowers were erect and fragrant, the birds sang.

We were back to the summer clothing that we missed — smelling like the soap bars that had laid amongst them all winter long. A new page had turned.

Yaron, with the first signs of a moustache, wore his white tee shirt and khaki short pants revealing his wintry pale limbs. In an unexpected burst of kindness he asked me to come along with his friends Beni and Victor to catch monarch butterflies or maybe a Painted Lady. I grabbed my magnifying glass in a hurry and stood quietly at the door hoping that there wouldn’t be a change of heart.

He brought his net and a brown bag and said as a leader delegating tasks, “you can carry this.” Empowered and reassured I held onto the accessories as if holding a ticket for the day. He scanned his room making sure nothing was forgotten and with an elegant jump leaped down the stairs out to the garden.

Avi was waiting outside with a rope wrapped diagonally around one shoulder and his waist. He wore a khaki shirt with two pockets in the front filled with stuff. His loose khaki shorts were held up by a belt with a dangling pocketknife on the side, his light brown socks drooping loosely, and on his high black boots were still traces of winter mud.

It was Shabbat morning and the day seems to burst with endless possibilities.

We walked briskly out of the neighborhood towards the mountains. On top of the second hill, about a mile in, was an abandoned old structure, built by the Turks; our meeting place. We called it the ‘white house’. Scattered around it were nails, screws, corks, cartridges, paper clips, clothespins, and pieces of hand grenades from the last war, all painted by the winter in rust colors.

There, I could see Beni with his brother Victor waiting for us.

Beni was tall, handsome and serious — six years older than me — as old as my brothers. Every time I saw him my stomach would sink inside in an odd mixture of pain and pleasure. “He makes me fly,” I wrote in my first journal in scripted letters. At times, his serious expression would melt into a sweet shy smile, which seemed hidden from all and directed to no one but me.

Victor, who had had polio as a baby, had to use crutches to walk. His legs would fold like rag dolls hinting at a metal structure under his pants. Victor would lift his unruly legs with his hands to the desired direction in an uninvolved manner.

When we arrived, Yaron asked Victor “how did you get here so fast?” and Victor, looking at Beni with admiration, said, “He carried me.”

In the same breath Victor continued, “I brought two match boxes.” After what seemed a long pause, he said dryly, “We can build a bomb with it.” Avi’s eyes and mouth opened up as he was leaning over towards Victor, as a snake would to a flute.

Yaron, holding his excitement pending practical investigation asked, “What else do we need to really make it?”

Victor, although three years younger then my brothers and Beni, became the center of the circle.
In a spontaneous act of selflessness, to help Beni, I broke the conditional rule for my partaking – to be mute and invisible – and I said glumly, “but we came to catch the Painted Lady.”

Yaron, gazing vacantly in my direction, too excited to get angry at my audacious comment, asked Victor urgently, “But can we make it today?”

Leaning his crutches on the half wall of the “white house” then sitting on its edge, Victor took his time to answer, “All we need is a small metal container. We cut all the match heads and push them tightly into the metal container… we then drop a big rock…” His speech got faster and higher, losing his poise as he continued, “…and the whole thing blows up with enough force to make a rocket reach the outer atmosphere.”

Beni seemed to contemplate the situation. He stood outside the circle staring at the ground, kicking a rock out of the hardened mud with the tip of his tennis shoes.

“Say something Beni” I said to myself the way my mom would encourage my dad to be more vocal.

“Lets start with a search for a metal container,” Yaron said full of zeal.

Beni, still looking down said quietly but firmly, “And what if it explodes in your face…?”

Yaron replied quickly, making eye contact with everyone around – even with me – “Well, we’ll make sure it won’t… come on… lets start”

“I want nothing to do with it” Beni said looking at Victor, “I am leaving.”

“Me too,” I said almost to myself, but was caught by Yaron’s piercing look conveying the ultimate threat: I am never taking you again.

“But it is too scary” I said to him trying to justify my betrayal.

It was Avi who wanted to keep the group together and dissipated the building tension with a new idea. He suggested an experiment– a way to determine how smart the ants were. Everyone was listening. As he noticed the others’ interest, his voice turned into a series of whimpers, his face scrunched up while his fists curled in. Often, I had to repeat what he said to people, but not for Beni and Victor, they understood.

“Let’s make a triangle with two slopes one made of sugar one made with salt. We’ll put some ants inside the triangle and the rest outside. Lets see how long it takes them to get out or break in. Then we’ll repeat the same thing and measure their time again. See if they can improve. I brought both salt and sugar. If they pass this test…” He continued struggling with his speech; breathing and swallowing his saliva at the same time “We can put a pile of sugar and surround it with a circle of fire … I also brought matches and rope to create a circle.”

Beni said, “I can see a nest near the pine tree.”

Victor said “lets not get too close before we have everything ready”

Yaron insisting on the leading role said, “O.K but first let’s search for the biggest nest around and map all the holes they can run into.”

Avi, exhausted yet elated, wiped his mouth with the sleeve of his shirt and struggled to release his tight fists. He was rarely acknowledged for his ideas due to his laborious delivery.

As we were scanning the area, learning about the underground interconnection of the ant’s tunnels, I yelled with excitement and pride “Look… look what I found … a metal container…” As I was saying it I realized the immensity of my mistake.

It was too late. Victor, leaning on his crutches as closer to the ground as possible examining my finding said, “This is perfect … look at this…”

Yaron mumbled “whoa” and even Beni stopped and stared at it intensely.

“It’s a bombshell!” Avi said, stretching his hand towards me, begging for the shell. It was an empty bombshell the size of a tall cup. I dropped it into his hand reluctantly.

“This is a sign from God,” said Victor, “its perfect”.

With no further discussion Victor and Avi got their matchboxes out and everyone, even Beni, but me started cutting off the matches red heads, filling the shell up.

“We need to be further away when it goes off” Beni said in a conditional and yet conciliatory tone, looking at Yaron.

“But what about the ants?” I asked with a plea but was totally ignored.

Avi said, “I have an idea” almost choking with excitement. “It will make it really safe…” The match he held fell a few times from his hand. He finally gave up curled his fists in, and spoke:

“Lets fill it up and place it under the tree, take a big rock and then tie it to the tree exactly above the shell. We all hide behind the wall and with a long rope release the rock which will fall on top of the shell…”

Everyone was listening raptly suddenly looking all alike, open jaws, big eyes, and vague smiles. 
Avi did not bother to wipe his mouth; he gulped some air in and released his fingers one by one.

In a few minutes Beni was on the tree tying the rock up while Yaron drew on the ground the circumference of where the rock would land. Victor moved his crutches behind the wall while Avi tied a few ropes together into one allowing it to reach our hiding place.

Finally, the full bombshell was placed in the middle of the circle. We ran and hid behind the wall. Victor counted down from ten and Yaron released the rock.

Nothing happened.

On the second time, in spite of some adjustments, nothing happened.

The third time Avi suggested we tie a bigger rock to a higher branch, which Beni did quietly and efficiently. Another count down, short but intense stillness, and the whole wall trembled with a huge explosion.

A cloud of dust landed on us, which added an extra layer to the already pale faces. After a long moment Beni led us to see what had happened to the shell. At the center of the blurry circle laid the rock, dark and burned, with a few metal pieces scattered about.

Mixed with the light of the setting sun and the echoing hollow blast, an unexplained but tangible sadness connected us all. Almost silent we walked home as I was wandering where do the butterflies go at night.

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