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Sunday, 17. October 2010

Really good cucumbersA far more sensible food...

By risertwv, 09:55
Really good cucumbersA far more sensible food than kiwi fruit I polished off one cucumber and attacked the nextThe sickroom echoed with the sound of me munching cucumbersOnly after I had finished the second whole cucumber was I ready to take a breakI boiled some water on the gas burner in the hall and made tea"Would you like something to drink? Water? Juice?" I asked Midori's father"Great," I said with a smile"With nori?" He gave a little nodI cranked the bed up againThen I cut a bitesized piece of cucumber, wrapped it with a strip of nori, stabbed the combination with a toothpick, dipped it in soy sauce, and omega olympic watch delivered it to the patient's waiting mouthWith almost no change of expression, Midori's father crunched down on the piece again and again and finally swallowed it"How was that? Good, huh?" he said"It's good when food tastes good," I said"It's kind of like proof you're alive He ended up eating the entire cucumberWhen he had finished it, he wanted water, so I gave him a drink from the bottleA few minutes later, he said he needed to pee, so I took the urine jar from under the 230 bed and held it by the tip of his penisAfterwards I emptied the jar into the toilet and washed it outThen I went back to the chanel jumbo sickroom and finished my tea"How are you feeling?" I asked"Hurts?" he said with a slight frown"Well, no wonder, you've just had an operationOf course, I've never had one, so I don't know what it's like"Ticket? What ticket?" he saidI had no idea what he was talking about, and just kept quietHe stayed silent for a time, tooThen he seemed to say He opened his eyes wide and looked at me hardI guessed that he was trying to tell me something, but I couldn't begin to imagine what it was"Ueno Station?" He gave a little nodI tried to summarize what he was getting at: "Ticket, Midori, chloe dior please, Ueno Station," but I had no idea what it meantI assumed his mind was muddled, but compared with before his eyes now had a terrible clarityHe raised the arm that was free of the intravenous contraption and stretched it towards meThis must have been a major effort for him, the way the hand trembled in mid-airI stood and grasped his frail, wrinkled handHe returned my grasp with what little strength he could muster and said again "Don't worry," I said"I'll take care of the ticket and Midori, too He let his hand drop back to the bed and closed his eyesThen, with a loud rush of breath, he fell asleepI gucci watches for women checked to make sure he was still alive, then went out to boil more water for teaAs I was sipping the hot liquid, I realized that I had developed a kind of liking for this little man on the verge of death231 The wife of the other patient came back a few minutes later and asked if everything was OKHer husband, too, was sound asleep, breathing deeplyMidori came back after three"I was in the park, spacing out," she said"I did what you told me, didn't talk to anybody, just let my head go empty "How was it?" "Thanks, I feel much betterI still have that draggy, tired feeling, but my body feels much lighter than see by chloe bag befo