<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=463799" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Olimpia</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'The way I look at it' she said<br>unscrewing the cap and rolling<br>a longish pill from a small vial, <br>tan and smooth, with rounded edges-<br>a girl-from-Ipanema of a pill, <br>into the palm of her hand, <br>'We are like thirsty houseplants<br>that curl up, sink into themselves<br>and wither-shrivel.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'What do you mean'? , I said.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Bright, high-achieving dolls'<br>she continued, like that<br>talented chick in the Offenbach opera <br>but we run out of steam'.<br>'Cheers', she said, interrupting herself, <br>and onto her tongue slipped the pill: <br>her swallow muscles moved and stood still.<br>Don't think, just do-<br>Too much thinking messes you up'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'What do you mean'? I said.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Just add water', she gulped-<br>sparkling, ropey, New York tapwater, <br>and the plant lives to die again. Why? <br>who knows. Better not ask.<br>Voila! A flower.<br>Wind the tired doll up with a big key-<br>One, two, three noisy revolutions<br>and again she begins to dance and sing<br>and everyone is thrilled'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'What do you mean'? I said.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Morgan+Michaels">Morgan Michaels</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=463799" data-title="Olimpia de Morgan Michaels" data-description="'The way I look at it' she said unscrewing the cap and rolling a longish pill from a small vial, tan and smooth, with rounded edges- a girl-from-Ipanema of a pill, into the palm of her hand, 'We are like thirsty houseplants that curl up, sink i..."></div> </div> </div>

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