Hubert Selby Jr. Requiem dla snu (powieć) ksišżka ebook

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.The waiting room was crowded.Sara didn't know anyone there, but they had a familiar look, even theyoung thin ones.She filled in the form and handed it back to the nurse and shortly after was led to one ofthe examining rooms.The nurse weighed and measured her and asked her how she was, Fine, thats whyIm here, and they both laughed.She took her blood pressure and asked her how her hearing and visionwere and Sara told her she had both, and the nurse laughed again then left the room.In a little while thedoctor came in and looked at the chart the nurse had prepared, then looked up at Sara and smiled, I seeyoure a little overweight.A little? I have fifty pounds Im willing to donate.Well, I think we can takecare of that without any trouble.He listened to her heart for a second, tapped her back twice with withhis fingers, then went back to the chart.You seem to be in good condition.The nurse will give you apackage of pills to take with a pamphlet of complete instructions.She will also give you an appointmentfor a week.I will see you then, and he was gone.Sara got her package of pills and the nurse explainedthe instructions so that Sara understood them completely.Okay, this I understand, but tell me dolly, howmuch does the doctor charge? He said to come back in a week and I don't have any money.O, dontworry about that Mrs.Goldfarb, we/ll arrange it so that Medicare will take care of the bill.O, good.Thats a relief.So a week I see you again.Right.Goodbye, Mrs.Goldfarb.Goodbye, dolly.Take care.Sara sat at the kitchen table, the pills and directions in front of her.So lets see, the purple one I take inthe morning and the red one I take in the afternoon, the orange one I take in the evening, she turned andsmirked at the refrigerator, thats my three meals Mr.Smarty Pants (the refrigerator frowned in curioussilence) and the green one at night.So, just like that.One, two, three, four, ipsy, pipsy and the poundscome falling off.So I/d better take the purple one now, its almost time for my red one, and she chuckledas she pranced over to the sink to get a glass of water and take her breakfast pill.She hummed as sheopened the refrigerator and took out the cream cheese and pushed the door closed with smug superiorityand opened the bag on the table and took out a large onion roll and unwrapped a piece of smoked fish.So look Mr.Ice Box and eat your heart out.Im splurging.Soon I/ll be saving lots of money on the foodbill.She shrugged her shoulders and tossed her head at the refrigerator and smeared the roll with creamcheese and picked up loving tidbits of fish, Hmmmmmmmmmm, smacked her lips, and turned in herchair so Mr.Smarty Pants Ice Box could see her devour the delicacy.file:///D|/Documents and Settings/Ren�/Bureaublad/Selby/SELBY_JR.,_Hubert_-_Requiem For A Dream.html (61 of 132)9-4-2005 20:39:44Hubert Selby Jr.- Requiem for a DreamShe made a second pot of coffee.She never had more than one cup of coffee in the morning and the restof the time she drank tea.But this morning she drank an entire pot, six cups, and now she was makinganother pot and not thinking about it, aware only of how she felt.good, exhilarated, expansive.Andthen she became aware that it was lunch time and she wasnt even hungry.Not a tiny bit.She drank morecoffee.Lunch time already and I dont want anything, she stuck her tongue out at the refrigerator, noteven a herring tidbit in sour cream, thank you.Such magic.No little tickle thinking of a nosh.A hotfudge sundae I dont want.A pastrami on rye with mustard and potato salad I dont want.Nothing I want.Since breakfast I/ve had one pill and a cup of coffee and she looked at the pot and her cup and realizedthat she had had more than one cup, that she had made a second pot and that was almost empty.Eh,she shrugged, big deal.A pill and a pot of coffee and Im being already zophtic so whos complaining?She finished her coffee and refilled the cup, Im looking at you, and she winked at the refrigerator, andnow its time for lunch, and she picked up the red pill and daintily dropped it on her tongue and washed itdown with coffee and wiggled and shimmied in her chair for a moment thinking about this incrediblemiracle that had taken place in her life.If only she knew about this before.She was feeling so young, so full of energy like she is climbing mountains.She thought maybe shewould wash the floors and the walls, at least the kitchen walls, this afternoon, but decided to postponethat and go sit with the ladies and get some sun and tell them how she felt.She couldnt wait to tell themthat she found the fountain of youth and Im telling you, its not at the Fountainblew.She took her chair outside and joined the ladies, putting her chair in the place of honor that was alwayskept in reserve for her.There was at least a dozen ladies waiting and when she came out they right awaystarted the same old thing about the show and where and when and she just smiled and waved her handsin her best regal fashion and looked up and down the street for the mailman and bounded with unbridledenergy and flitted about and around the ladies, sitting for a moment then getting up and walking aroundagain, and when the lady who had given her the name of the doctor joined them she hugged her andkissed her and told her forever shes loving her, that what is happening is the most wonderful thing in theworld and she cant believe it but shes not even thinking about food, that even if a big bowl of chickennoodle soup was put in front of her she wouldnt eat it, not even if it was smothered in borscht, and howgood she feels since shes not making herself so tired with all that food and now shes feeling free like abird and wants to just fly and flutter her wings and sing songs "O by Mier Bist du Schon" and it doesnteven cost, hes making it on the Medicare, and maybe I/ll go dancing and she tried to sit and get somesun but she kept bouncing up as if some unseen force continually propelled her off her seat and sent herbunny-hopping amongst the ladies and looking up and down the street for the mailman who soon willhave something for her from the McDick Corp [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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