Monday, August 16, 2010

What Does Elevated Left Hemidiaphragm Mean

1.31 - FUMARE FA MALE

Yuri is incredulous.
While impossible to give an explanation, he begins to speculate that probably think a little electro too.
- You had to keep her off the fucking radio - minimizes Joe, with his usual lightness - I'll give you change Madronich, take a nap.
The minutes of this night are eternal, and soon Joe was impatient. Walk a bit ', up and down the room. It would take a drink and a good cigarette ...
Joe leaves the room, heading for the reception.
Behind the counter, runs through the eyes of the shelf liquors. There are brands that are not even more on the market. Browse and grabs a bottle di bourbon, poi il suo sguardo viene attirato da pacchetto di toscanelli Cohiba nella rastrelliera delle sigarette. Una confezione vecchia, ormai fuori produzione, ma roba da veri intenditori.
Come diavolo ho fatto a non vederli prima...
Joe non resiste, deve prenderli. In uno slancio di onestà, lascia una banconota da 10$ sul bancone.
Tornato in camera, si siede comodamente, con le gambe appoggiate sullo scrittoio. Si versa un goccetto e accende il cohiba. Inspira. Questa è vita...
Espira. O almeno ci prova.
Il fumo gli si blocca in gola, senza volerne sapere di uscire. Joe si sforza di buttarlo fuori, prova a tossire ma non ci riesce! Istintivamente inspira, ancora di più, per prendere ossigeno, e ogni respiro produce i laceranti lamenti di chi cerca l'aria. Ogni respiro gli gonfia il petto senza poter uscire.
Joe sente i polmoni bruciare, le vene rigonfiarsi. Cade dalla sedia ribaltandosi, porta le mani al collo, si rialza. Le tempie martellano, ha l'impressione che la testa gli possa scoppiare da un momento all'altro. O morirà prima soffocato dal suo vizio?
Barcolla in cerca di una salvezza che nemmeno lui sa dove trovare, vede solo rosso. All'improvviso sente un pressione violenta all'addome, sono le braccia di Rudy che urla sputa! sputa!
Sputa cosa?!?
La stretta del veterano non fa altro che comprimere ulteriormente i polmoni, provocando a Joe un dolore indescrivibile.
When Greg comes into the room, attracted by the commotion, the eyes of Joe seems about to shoot out of their sockets, red blood to the capillaries split.
Joe feels the blood as a drum, he has no breath, feel the muscles pull the limbs, is dying, the fingers are stretched out, try the air, too, as if the nail is raised, the veins teared up, his heart exploded. Feel the blood flooding his eyes, ears, nose.
Exhale.
The smoke comes out. Joe tries the air, coughs. Breathe in, breathe out, regular. Joe knows, was just a matter of seconds. The distant and muffled voices of his companions are becoming more real.
long minutes pass before Joe will recover completely. Il toscanello, esaminato (e anche fumato) da Greg, risulta essere assolutamente normale.
Joe non si capacita. Prende il pacchetto di cohiba e lo straccia in mano: - Maledetta vecchia, mi hai dato una buona ragione per smettere...

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

What Are The Parts Of The Santa Maria Called

1.30 - FUORI CONTROLLO

Lina prova a prendere sonno. E' l'una passata ormai.
Non si può dire lo stesso di Greg, seduto con la schiena appoggiata alla parete e lo shotgun imbracciato, gli occhi rossi per la stanchezza e la tensione.
Joe e Yuri sono andati nella stanza accanto a riposare, quella di Rudy.
Greg ripensa a quanto avvenuto poco prima. Sta seduto, al buio: solo la luce del cesso filtra attraverso la porta socchiusa. Il silenzio interrotto Jerry just by breathing hard.
much consideration, and abducted does not notice as his eyes closed by themselves, and ready to scrap the drowsiness preceding sleep.
Then, the noise of a drop it awakens, suddenly. The nerves explode, the ears listening. A fast drip coming from the bathroom, the torture, like a drill penetrates the meninges. Greg
blasphemy raises his rifle in hand, is not in itself. Open the bathroom door, banging loudly.
Lina wakes up.
The sink is clogged, and inside there is water stained with blood, in which the tap loses drip. E 'was that idiot Rudy to not let it drain. Greg swears, screams, looks insane.
- What's Greg? What is it? - asks Lina scared, rising and going to the bathroom.
- Shut up you, bitch! Leave me alone! - Greg barks, his eyes bulging. Lina
retracts trembling. And 'dangerous. And he has a gun.
Greg opens the cap, tighten the knobs of the faucet and sits down again. In the room

Martinez, Yuri whispers to himself, believing that the presence of his father can not be anything but a hallucination. It could not be him. But then ... Who was he? And those footsteps ...
His friends have decided to shift sleep despite fatigue. Yuri chose the first, to be able to sleep at night spun. But he did not sleep.
The eyes of young Russian wander in the dark room. The uneasy silence. The radio ...
Her slender fingers turning a knob, the lights, croaks ...
Frank Sinatra ... But more, much more Than This ... I did it my waaaaaay ...
- Lower, dickhead! - Joe curses, rudely awakened.
Rudy is more direct. He stands up, frowning, approaches the radio and turns it off.
... But through it all, When There Was doubt ... I ate it up and spit it out ... I face it all ...
The Voice continues to play, under the astonished gaze of Rudy.
... Stood tall and I ... The veteran
grabs lead e strappa la presa.
... I did it my waaaaaay...
La radio continua per alcuni interminabili secondi. Poi, silenzio.