"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

E sembra dire ai contadini curvi…

Oggi è la giornata della Colletta Alimentare.
E fin qui niente di nuovo (a parte il fatto che il logo sembra una clip art del pacchetto di Office e la cosa mi genera un certo turbamento).
Aderisce anche il supermercato vicino a casa mia, punto spesa storico del milanese e recentemente ribattezzato dopo l’acquisizione di un nuovo brand di un noto gruppo francese (eppure rimasto ai soliti livelli come tasso di deprimenza e vecchietti inaciditi).
E fin qui nulla di particolarmente sconvolgente (a parte il fatto che i prodotti di cartello sono pessimi e vende quasi solo prodotti di cartello, quindi non so se invidio i poveretti cui arriverà quel tonno in scatola).
Ciò che invece scalda il cuore e allarga la mente, è la folla di bambini che aiutano i volontari a distribuire sacchetti vuoti e ritirare sacchetti pieni. Uno in particolare. Che potrebbe addirittura essere l’unico a salvarsi quando infine metterò in atto la mia erodiaca crociata contro i fastidiosi marmocchi. Se pensavate di farvi dare il saacchetto della colletta e usarlo per portare a casa la vostra spesa, per non pagare il sacchetto, avete fatto male i conti. Vostra o meno, il bambinetto ve la porterà via di mano, veloce ed implacabile, e ignorando le lamentele più o meno veementi di vecchiette e zotici, porterà la vostra spesa al suo banco. E non ci saranno santi. Catartico.

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