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\u201cWe are like roses that have never bothered to
\nbloom when we should have bloomed and
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Diminea\u0163a cenu\u015fie de iarn\u0103, \u00eembibat\u0103 de ap\u0103 ca un burete fle\u015fc\u0103it, se ive\u015fte lent din p\u00eecl\u0103. Aerul fream\u0103t\u0103 sub biciuirea rafalelor \u00a0reci de ploaie, e frig, un frig umed \u015fi par\u015fiv, care \u00een\u0163eap\u0103 p\u00een\u0103 la os, iar m\u0103z\u0103richea love\u015fte orizontal, biciuind fe\u0163ele crispate ale concuren\u0163ilor. Un tremur necontrolat \u00eemi alearg\u0103 de-a lungul gambelor \u015fi un ghemotoc de emo\u0163ii mi se-nghesuie gre\u0163os sub diafragm\u0103. Sunt nelini\u015ftit de\u015fi n-am motive, m\u0103 aflu \u00eentr-o form\u0103 nemaipomenit\u0103. Nu v\u0103d de ce n-a\u015f fi, timp de jum\u0103tate de an mi-am supus corpul celor mai dure exerci\u0163ii, am urcat pante abrupte cu un rucsac de pietroaie \u00een spate, am pedalat sute de kilometri prin ar\u015fi\u0163\u0103, ploaie \u015fi v\u00eent, m-am scufundat \u00een c\u0103zi umplute cu ghea\u0163\u0103 \u015fi m-am hr\u0103nit riguros cu tot ceea ce poate provoca indigestie unui om obi\u015fnuit. Sunt preg\u0103tit pentru competi\u0163ie mai mult dec\u00eet oricare dintre cei de fa\u0163\u0103. M\u0103 aliniez la linia de start, fac c\u00eeteva mi\u015fc\u0103ri de \u00eenc\u0103lzire \u015fi trag cu coada ochiului la ceilal\u0163i competitori. Nu mi-e team\u0103 de niciunul, sunt ni\u015fte amatori sau cel mult o m\u00een\u0103 de mercenari pl\u0103ti\u0163i ca s\u0103 c\u00ee\u015ftige un trofeu care pentru ei nu are nicio semnifica\u0163ie.<\/p>\n
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Pentru noi, cei din cartierul Toamnei, S\u0103rb\u0103toarea Verzei reprezint\u0103 ceea ce e Festivalul de la Rio pentru \u015fcolile de samba sau celebrarea florii de cire\u015f pentru g\u0103lbeji\u0163ii ciuda\u0163i din Kyoto. Mahalaua, \u00eentins\u0103 la marginea de sud a metropolei, e o comunitate de zarzavagii \u015fmecheri care tr\u0103iesc din cultivarea verzei. Maidanele de pe cuprinsul ei sunt plantate exclusiv cu aceast\u0103 leguminoas\u0103. Fiecare \u015fandrama de pe cele trei str\u0103zi principale ale cartierului e \u00eenconjurat\u0103 cu r\u0103saduri de varz\u0103, gospodinele le pun \u015fi-n loc de mu\u015fcate \u00een glastre, iar \u0163\u00eencii, c\u00eend li se sparge balonul de fotbal, rezolv\u0103 repede impasul,s\u0103rind \u00eentre r\u0103zoare \u015fi lu\u00eend o c\u0103p\u0103\u0163\u00een\u0103 verde \u00een loc de minge.
\n\u00cen fiecare an, la \u00eenceputul lui decembrie, \u00een pia\u0163a din centrul cartierului se ridic\u0103 zigurate din sute de tone de varz\u0103, contrafor\u0163i din poloboace burduh\u0103noase pline de curechi murat se-n\u015fir\u0103 \u00een jur, delimit\u00eend domeniul fiec\u0103rei familii de v\u0103rzari care-\u015fi impart monopolul acestei legume. Se m\u0103n\u00eenc\u0103 bine\u00een\u0163eles v\u0103rz\u0103ri, pl\u0103cinte dospite cu varz\u0103 acr\u0103, se bea moare de curechi din oale de lut p\u00eentecoase \u015fi toate discu\u0163iile au ca punct de interes, ori un insecticid eficace \u00eempotriva fluturelui alb, fie o nou\u0103 varietate de Brassica oleracea cu foi late.
\nPunctul culminant al chermezei, defilarea de pe Sambodromul nostru, este concursul de pedalat \u00een varz\u0103 acr\u0103. Vreau s\u0103-i asigur pe cei care z\u00eembesc dispre\u0163uitor sau ridic\u0103 mira\u0163i din spr\u00eencene c\u0103 e o treab\u0103 serioas\u0103. O competi\u0163ie asem\u0103n\u0103toare are loc, dup\u0103 \u015ftiin\u0163a mea, doar \u00een t\u00eergul bielorossian Brze\u0163k, cu diferen\u0163a c\u0103 acolo malade\u0163ii se-ntrec s\u0103 r\u0103zbat\u0103 la liman \u00eentr-o copaie plin\u0103 cu bor\u015f de sfecl\u0103 ro\u015fie!<\/p>\n
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\u00cen ziua \u00eentrecerii, reprezentan\u0163ii Confreriei Celor Trei Str\u0103zi aduc \u00a0\u00een hal\u0103 \u00a0\u00a0nou\u0103 poloboace uria\u015fe, cam de 15 hectolitri fiecare, pline ochi cu cu varz\u0103 murat\u0103, doar din soiul autohton, cu c\u0103p\u0103\u0163\u00eena c\u00eet \u0163easta de om, cu frunza \u0163eap\u0103n\u0103 \u015fi mustoas\u0103, nu fi\u0163o\u015fenii brabanteze crescute pe burete ud la lumina becului, sau buruieni pack-choi care se fle\u015fc\u0103ie ca zdren\u0163ele c\u00eend dau de sare. Se pare c\u0103 solul tarlalelor noastre,\u00eencropite pe locul fostelor abatoare \u015fi a gropilor de gunoi, bogat \u00een nutrien\u0163i organici \u015fi de\u015feuri de plastic nedegradabile prie\u015fte de minune acestei plante, altfel nu se poate explica rodnicia ei debordant\u0103.<\/p>\n
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\u00cen fiecare butie e fixat un cadru de biciclet\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 ro\u0163i, ale c\u0103rei pinioane sunt conectate la un cilidru din sc\u00eenduri, \u00een a\u015fa fel \u00eenc\u00eet rotind pedalelele, calandrul s\u0103 \u00eenv\u00eert\u0103 sutele de c\u0103p\u0103\u0163\u00eeni de curechi care plutesc \u00een zeama acr\u0103. Se-n\u0163elege c\u0103 at\u00eet v\u00eerto\u015fenia foilor c\u00eet \u015fi concentra\u0163ia \u00een sare sunt capitale pentru ca solu\u0163ia s\u0103 fie suficient de v\u00eescoas\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 opun\u0103 rezisten\u0163\u0103 la amestecare.Este declarat \u00eenving\u0103tor cel care reu\u015fe\u015fte s\u0103 pedaleze c\u00eet mai multe ore \u00een h\u00eerd\u0103u.<\/p>\n
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Anul acesta strada \u201cSeptembrie \u00censorit\u201d \u00a0\u00a0hot\u0103r\u00eet\u0103 s\u0103 spulbere suprema\u0163ia celor din \u201cOctombrie Ro\u015fu\u201d,care au c\u00ee\u015ftigat competi\u0163ia trei ani la r\u00eend, m-a ales pe mine s-o reprezint. Ca un adev\u0103rat profesionist am acceptat cu bucurie. E adev\u0103rat, n-am fost \u00eentotdeauna un plantator de varz\u0103, am avut alte aspira\u0163ii \u00een via\u0163\u0103, am vrut s\u0103 devin arhitect, dar m\u00eena soartei e imprevizibil\u0103, uneori te trage afar\u0103, alteori te-mpinge mai ad\u00eenc \u00een rahat.
\nTresar \u015fi to\u0163i neuronii locomotori \u00eemi zb\u00eern\u00eeie la comand\u0103. Se d\u0103 startul. Nu cu un pistolet cu capse ca la concursurile de atletism, ci \u00een mod original, lovind o c\u0103ldare de tabl\u0103 cu o c\u0103p\u0103\u0163\u00een\u0103 crud\u0103. Dang\u0103tul ni se reverbereaz\u0103-n timpane \u015fi alerg\u0103m crispa\u0163i cei dou\u0103zeci de metri care ne despart de h\u00eerdaiele cu varz\u0103. Sunt primul care plonjeaz\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 preget \u00een moarea tulbure. O ghilotin\u0103 de ghea\u0163\u0103 \u00eemi reteaz\u0103 corpul \u00een dou\u0103 \u015fi damful acru-sulfuros \u00eemi \u00een\u0163eap\u0103 violent n\u0103rile. Majoritatea concuren\u0163ilor poart\u0103 costume de neopren, eu m-am \u00een\u0163olit cu straiele obi\u015fnuite ale plantatorilor, flanel\u0103 de bumbac verde, pieptar de l\u00een\u0103 toars\u0103 \u00een cas\u0103, pantaloni de trening \u015fi teni\u015fi made in Taiwan. Singura protec\u0163ie \u00eempotriva frigului \u015fi a coroziunii e un strat consistent din os\u00eenz\u0103 de porc cu care mi-am uns \u015fezutul \u015fi coapsele.<\/p>\n
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M\u0103 \u00eenfig cu t\u0103lpile \u00een pedale, calandrul sc\u00eer\u0163\u00eeie \u015fi pune \u00een mi\u015fcare c\u0103p\u0103\u0163\u00eenile palide care plesc\u0103ie sinistru \u00een zeama s\u0103lcie. Intru \u00een ritmul familiar al mi\u015fc\u0103rii uniform-sacadate \u015fi-l ignor pe chalengerul Octombrie, Sf\u00eerlea zis \u201cBelea\u201d, un g\u0103ligan musculos cu fruntea te\u015fit\u0103 \u015fi ochi apo\u015fi de amfibian,care poart\u0103 un costum purpuriu c\u0103ptu\u015fit cu silicon \u015fi care-mi arunc\u0103 amenin\u0163\u0103ri banale printre din\u0163ii \u00eeng\u0103la\u0163i.<\/p>\n
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Prima or\u0103 trece repede. M\u0103 concentrez asupra mi\u015fc\u0103rii, \u00eei aud pe ceilal\u0163i cum g\u00eef\u00eeie \u015fi pedaleaz\u0103 cu spor, aclama\u0163iile fanilor s-au stins \u015fi sunt singur, doar eu \u015fi varza care trebuie \u00eenvins\u0103.
\nCel dint\u00eei care cedeaz\u0103 e nea Victor, de pe strada noastr\u0103. La v\u00eersta lui nici nu trebuia s\u0103 mai participe la concurs. Are aterioscleroz\u0103 \u015fi s-a \u00eenvine\u0163it ca o p\u0103tl\u0103gic\u0103, cred c\u0103 a f\u0103cut un infarct. Au chemat ambulan\u0163a \u015fi l-au c\u0103rat urgent la spital, iar competi\u0163ia continu\u0103.Poate c\u0103 regulamentul ar trebui s\u0103 impun\u0103 un examen medical eliminator ca s\u0103 se evite pe viitor accidentele de acest soi.
\n\u00cen st\u00eenga mea pedaleaz\u0103 o huidum\u0103 obez\u0103, nu-l cunosc, a fost angajat de cei de pe \u201cOctombrie ro\u015fu\u201d s\u0103-i \u0163in\u0103 trena lui “Belea”. E leoarc\u0103 de sudoare, transpira\u0163ia \u00eei muste\u015fte prin costum, respir\u0103 g\u00eej\u00eeit, astmatic, nu-i dau mai mult de \u00eenc\u0103 o or\u0103 \u00een \u015fa.<\/p>\n
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\u00cemi p\u0103strez ritmul, e important, pentru c\u0103 dac\u0103 \u00eencerci s\u0103 o la\u015fi mai moale, arbitrii care se plimb\u0103 printre h\u00eerdaie te aten\u0163ioneaz\u0103 \u015fi c\u00eend \u00eencerci s\u0103 iei vitez\u0103, efortul ca s\u0103 rote\u015fti din nou masa de curechi \u00ee\u0163i taie respira\u0163ia \u015fi-\u0163i \u00eennoad\u0103 tendoanele.
\n\u00cemi ridic privirile spre ceasul enorm, at\u00eernat deasupra tribunei.Au trecut 3 ore \u015fi 33 de minute de c\u00eend s-a dat startul. A\u015fa cum am prev\u0103zut, gr\u0103sanul de l\u00eeng\u0103 mine se pr\u0103bu\u015fe\u015fte cu fa\u0163a-n jos \u00een butoiul cu varz\u0103. Au mai renun\u0163at imediat \u00eenc\u0103 doi concuren\u0163i, ambii de pe \u201cNoiembrie rodnic\u201d. Amatori neantrena\u0163i veni\u0163i doar s\u0103-i admire copiii, amantele \u015fi vecinii sau s\u0103 \u00eenfulece curechi cu sl\u0103nin\u0103!<\/p>\n
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Ploaia se \u00eente\u0163e\u015fte \u015fi se transform\u0103 \u00een lapovi\u0163\u0103.Suntem uzi complet, p\u00een\u0103 la br\u00eeu mura\u0163i \u00een zeama acr\u0103, pe spinare biciui\u0163i de rafalele \u00eenghe\u0163ate. Spectatorii s-au \u00eempu\u0163inat, au r\u0103mas doar prietenii \u015fi familiile care scandeaz\u0103 \u00eencuraj\u0103ri tot mai anemice, zgribuli\u0163i sub umbrele \u015fi pelerine de plastic verde.
\n\u00cemi amintesc ultimul meu concurs. Atunci, dup\u0103 opt ore de pedalat \u00een butoi, am sucombat sub lovitura unei crampe violente care mi-a paralizat coapsele \u015fi pentru al treilea an consecutiv, trofeul r\u00eevnit de to\u0163i v\u0103rzarii a ajuns la \u201cOctombrie ro\u015fu\u201d. Ast\u0103zi trebuie s\u0103 \u00eenving, nu doar pentru satisfac\u0163ia clanului meu, trebuie s\u0103 reu\u015fesc pentru a-mi dovedi mie \u00eensumi c\u0103 sunt nu numai un veritabil v\u0103rzar, ci \u015fi un lupt\u0103tor glorios.<\/p>\n
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Pedal\u0103m de aproape \u015fapte ore. Simt cum se apropie clipa cea mai grea, minutul \u00een care acidul lactic acumulat \u00een fibrele musculare \u00ee\u0163i reteaz\u0103 conexiunile. \u00cemi simt mu\u015fchii noduri de durere, frigul m\u0103 \u00een\u0163eap\u0103 \u00een coaste, dar merg mai departe, fiindc\u0103 posed \u00eenc\u0103 resurse neb\u0103nuite \u015fi n-am de g\u00eend s\u0103 renun\u0163.<\/p>\n
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Am mai r\u0103mas trei, eu, Sf\u00eerlea \u015fi G\u0103lbete, un individ de v\u00eersta mea, \u00eenalt, ciol\u0103nos \u015fi de o \u00eenc\u0103p\u0103\u0163\u00eenare maladiv\u0103, specializat \u00een fini\u015furi prelungite. Dac\u0103 trec de el, partida e c\u00ee\u015ftigat\u0103, fiindc\u0103 cel\u0103lalt se dopeaz\u0103. Arbitrii \u015ftiu asta, dar nu se sinichisesc, \u00eens\u0103 odat\u0103 trecut efectul cocteilului de nandrolon, amfetamine \u015fi hormoni de maimu\u0163\u0103, va c\u0103dea ca un \u015fobolan \u00eenghe\u0163at \u00een zeama de varz\u0103.
\nStr\u00eeng din din\u0163i \u015fi \u00eemping pedalele cu putere, de parc\u0103 a\u015f urca coasta unei r\u00eepe. Junghiul din coaste e tot mai chinuitor. Ca s\u0103 nu-l mai simt, \u00eencerc s\u0103 m\u0103 g\u00eendesc la ceva pl\u0103cut, complet diferit de realitatea \u00een care m\u0103 zbat. Dup\u0103 o vreme reu\u015fesc s\u0103 poposesc \u00eentr-o dup\u0103-amiaz\u0103 torid\u0103 de iulie.<\/p>\n
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M\u0103 reg\u0103sesc \u00eentr-o poian\u0103 mic\u0103, tr\u00eentit pe spate \u00een iarb\u0103, \u00eenconjurat de zumzetul g\u00eeng\u0103niilor, de fo\u015fnetul r\u0103coros al arinilor \u015fi privesc rotocoalele albe, pufoase,aflate \u00eentr-o plutire iluzorie pe cerul azuriu. O amor\u0163eal\u0103 pl\u0103cut\u0103 \u00eemi \u00eenv\u0103luie membrele, plutesc odat\u0103 cu norii, dar brusc un miros familiar, mai puternic dec\u00eet aroma ierbii, a p\u0103m\u00eentului cald \u015fi a aerului \u00eemb\u0103ls\u0103mat de parfumul l\u0103crimioarelor s\u0103lbatice, \u00eemi inund\u0103 n\u0103rile. Adriana se apropie cu pa\u015fi neauzi\u0163i de nimf\u0103 zglobie, buzele ei moi \u00eemi potopesc gura, mu\u015fc u\u015for din carnea \u00a0de cais\u0103 cald\u0103, vie \u015fi un val de s\u00eenge \u00eemi clocote\u015fte nest\u0103vilit prin artere.Inima mi se dilat\u0103 de fericire, m\u0103 sufoc, \u00eencerc s\u0103 \u00eemi umplu pl\u0103m\u00eenii cu oxigen, dar m\u0103-nv\u0103luie implacabil\u0103 o p\u00eecl\u0103 verde \u015fi acr\u0103. T\u0103lpile \u00eemi alunec\u0103 de pe pedale, v\u0103d ca prin cea\u0163\u0103 cifrele ro\u015fii ale cronometrului p\u00eelp\u00eeind n\u0103cl\u0103ite, m\u0103 opintesc inutil, pierd ritmul \u015fi m\u0103 pr\u0103bu\u015fesc \u00een saramura curechiului, care m\u0103 \u00eenghite ca o mla\u015ftin\u0103 lacom\u0103.<\/p>\n
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M\u0103 trezesc din le\u015fin \u00een ambulan\u0163\u0103. Am pierdut \u00eenc\u0103 o dat\u0103 concursul. Sf\u00eerlea \u0163op\u0103ie de bucurie \u00een clipa aceasta, agit\u00eend \u201cVarza de smarald\u201d deasupra capului, pup\u00eendu-se cu suporterii care url\u0103 exalta\u0163i. De\u015fi mi-e r\u0103u, vomit \u015fi m\u0103 \u00eenjunghie durerea \u00een tot corpul, nu am voie s\u0103 m\u0103 consider b\u0103tut \u015fi s\u0103 cad \u00een depresie. La anul,voi participa din nou \u015fi voi \u00eenvinge.Atunci, la vestea triumfului meu, poate se va \u00eentoarce \u015fi Adriana acas\u0103!<\/p>\n
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de Gheorghe Rechesan \u00a0[Rom\u00e2nia] for the English version please click\u00a0here \u201cWe are like roses that have never bothered to bloom when we should have bloomed and it is as if the sun has become disgusted with waiting\u201d [ Charles Bukowski- Finish ] Diminea\u0163a cenu\u015fie de iarn\u0103, \u00eembibat\u0103 de ap\u0103 ca […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[794,393],"tags":[1155,570,54],"class_list":["post-8207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egophobia-33","category-prozascurta","tag-egophobia-33","tag-gheorghe-rechesan","tag-proza-scurta"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DakB-28n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8207"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8377,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8207\/revisions\/8377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}