\u00a0O g\u0103si, \u00een sf\u00e2r\u015fit. Sala de mese a spitalului se afla aproape la zece holuri distan\u0163\u0103 de salonul s\u0103u. De fapt, nou\u0103 holuri \u00eentregi plus o parte din al zecelea hol ocupat exact de u\u015fa cantinei. Intr\u0103 \u015fi ce g\u0103si \u00een\u0103untru era, la fel, \u00een perfect\u0103 concordan\u0163\u0103 cu toate celelalte egalit\u0103\u0163i pe care le v\u0103zuse \u00een acest spital. Era o sal\u0103 destul de mare, complet alb\u0103, cu mii de fisuri microscopice \u00eennegrindu-i orizontul vizibil. Centrul \u00eei era ocupat \u00een \u00eentregime de multele \u015firuri de mese, lungi, aparent interminabile, ale c\u0103ror capete se topeau \u00een vasta re\u0163ea de cr\u0103p\u0103turi din faian\u0163\u0103, ca \u015fi cum din ele ar fi pornit \u00eenspre cap\u0103tul opus, dinspre u\u015f\u0103 \u015fi \u00een ele \u015fi-ar fi terminat \u00eentreaga lungime \u00eenceput\u0103, aparent, la cap\u0103tul opus, dinspre ie\u015fire. De cum intr\u0103 \u00een\u0103untru, avu clara senza\u0163ie c\u0103 a p\u0103truns \u00eentr-un vast centru neuronal, poate chiar al propriului s\u0103u creier. Se sim\u0163i ca un intrus \u015fi, instinctiv, d\u0103du din cap s\u0103 se alunge din minte, dar reu\u015fi numai s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi irite foamea \u015fi mai tare. Se a\u015fez\u0103 la o mas\u0103 \u015fi ocup\u0103, din lungimea ei, un singur loc identic cu toate celelalte. \u00cei era chinuitor de foame \u015fi nu mai putea rezista un minut \u00een plus convulsiilor tot mai violente din stomac. Ciudat, dar s-ar fi a\u015fteptat ca starea \u00een care se afla s\u0103 \u00eei trezeasc\u0103 la culoare \u015fi la palpita\u0163ie cerul stelelor lui verzi, dar nu se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 deloc a\u015fa. Dimpotriv\u0103, \u00eentregul corp se \u00eennegrea v\u0103z\u00e2nd cu ochii sub imperiul a ceva greu de pus \u00een cuvinte, care totu\u015fi sem\u0103na fie cu o bolt\u0103 opac\u0103, fie cu foamea lui din ce \u00een ce mai hulpav\u0103. Ceru de m\u00e2ncare, orice, oricum ar fi, numai s\u0103 m\u0103n\u00e2nce. O doamn\u0103 cumsecade, \u00eembr\u0103cat\u0103 \u00eentr-un alb impermeabil la fisuri, \u00eel servi \u00eent\u00e2i cu o ciorb\u0103 fierbinte, pe care o sorbi zgomotos p\u00e2n\u0103 la ultimul strop din centrul farfuriei, apoi \u00eei puse \u00eenainte un morman impun\u0103tor de carne fript\u0103, din care \u00eencepu s\u0103 trag\u0103 fibr\u0103 dup\u0103 fibr\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 ce despleti \u00eentreaga friptur\u0103, iar ca desert \u00eei d\u0103du o pr\u0103jitur\u0103 cu trei etaje, fiecare f\u0103cut din alt dulce, pe care o m\u00e2nc\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 mai \u0163in\u0103 seama de meticulozitatea diferen\u0163elor de nivel trasate cu o linie perfect egal\u0103 de ciocolat\u0103. Amabila doamn\u0103 \u00eel \u00eentreb\u0103 dac\u0103 ar mai dori ceva, iar el, ca \u015fi cum abia acum ar fi descoperit c\u0103 are un trup permanent \u015fi imuabil, probabil unicul meu zeu, \u015fi nu realitatea\u2026, ceru un bis gastronomic, totu\u015fi mai mare dec\u00e2t primul, dac\u0103 se poate, sim\u0163i nevoia s\u0103 completeze. Buc\u0103t\u0103reasa \u00eei z\u00e2mbi \u00een\u0163eleg\u0103tor \u015fi d\u0103du \u015fi ea din cap, nu spre a se alunga din propria minte, ci \u00een semn c\u0103 a \u00een\u0163eles ce i s-a cerut. Peste c\u00e2teva minute relativ scurte se \u00eentoarse cu un platou uria\u015f plin ochi cu m\u00e2ncare. Aceea\u015fi ciorb\u0103, dar \u00eentr-un vas mai ad\u00e2nc, acela\u015fi morman de carne fript\u0103, dar mai \u00eenalt \u015fi mai bine f\u0103cut, aceea\u015fi pr\u0103jitur\u0103 cu trei etaje, dar mai spa\u0163ioas\u0103 pe fiecare nivel. \u015ei, \u00een plus, o halb\u0103 uria\u015f\u0103 de bere, dar nu umplut\u0103 cu bere, c\u0103reia nu putea s\u0103-i suporte gustul am\u0103rui, ci plin\u0103 ochi, \u015fi ea, cu limonad\u0103 rece ca ghea\u0163a. O b\u0103u aproape dintr-o \u00eenghi\u0163itur\u0103 uria\u015f\u0103 dup\u0103 ce consum\u0103 integral \u015fi a doua rund\u0103 de m\u00e2ncare. Doamna buc\u0103t\u0103reas\u0103, \u00eembr\u0103cat\u0103 \u00een albul ei compact, z\u00e2mbi larg de mul\u0163umire c\u00e2nd \u00eel v\u0103zu c\u00e2t de mult putuse m\u00e2nca. Probabil c\u0103 era at\u00e2t de satisf\u0103cut\u0103 fiindc\u0103 c\u0103 ea \u00eens\u0103\u015fi g\u0103tise toate bucatele. Sau poate c\u0103 se bucura de c\u00e2te ori un pacient avea o asemenea poft\u0103 de m\u00e2ncare ce este, precum se \u015ftie, cea mai bun\u0103 dovad\u0103 de \u00eens\u0103n\u0103to\u015fire. M\u0103 g\u00e2ndesc c\u0103 sunte\u0163i at\u00e2t de \u00eenc\u00e2ntat\u0103, stimat\u0103 doamn\u0103, fiindc\u0103 a\u0163i combinat \u00een sinea dumneavoastr\u0103 toate aceste motive la care eu m-am g\u00e2ndit. Dar nu a spus nimic cu voce tare \u015fi a p\u0103strat totul pentru el, iar buc\u0103t\u0103reasa a \u00een\u0163eles perfect despre ce e vorba \u00een nesf\u00e2r\u015fitele sale dizerta\u0163ii \u015fi a dat din cap din nou \u00een semn de \u00een\u0163elegere. \u00cenainte de a pleca la treab\u0103, l-a privit pentru o secund\u0103 mai lung\u0103 dec\u00e2t toate mesele din cantin\u0103 unite \u00eentr-una singur\u0103 \u015fi a \u00eencuviin\u0163at ceva din ochi f\u0103r\u0103 vreo noim\u0103 actual\u0103 pentru el. Apoi s-a \u00eendep\u0103rtat lu\u00e2nd cu sine \u015fi resturile osp\u0103\u0163ului \u015fi parc\u0103 a disp\u0103rut \u00een plasa aerian\u0103 de \u015f\u0103n\u0163ule\u0163e din fundal.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0O g\u0103si, \u00een sf\u00e2r\u015fit. Sala de mese a spitalului se afla aproape la zece holuri distan\u0163\u0103 de salonul s\u0103u. De fapt, nou\u0103 holuri \u00eentregi plus o parte din al zecelea hol ocupat exact de u\u015fa cantinei. Intr\u0103 \u015fi ce g\u0103si \u00een\u0103untru era, la fel, \u00een perfect\u0103 concordan\u0163\u0103 cu toate celelalte egalit\u0103\u0163i pe care le v\u0103zuse […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[3],"tags":[6,4,5],"class_list":["post-904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-romanul-online","tag-literatura-virtuala-exclusiv-antuma","tag-patrick-calinescu","tag-roman-online"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DakB-eA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1569,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions\/1569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}