“You look at me, you look at a man that was Peg: you look at me, you look at a man that was born for hard luck. I was born on the 13th day , odd day, on Friday, on a bad luck day. To show you that I IS in hard luck, if I go up the street walking fast, I run over something. I’m in such hard luck, if I go up there walking slow, something run ofer me. I’m in such hard luck, if I’m sitting down I’m in everybody’s way. I’m in such hard luck, if it’s raining down soup at this very minute, everybody’d be standing there with a spoon–why, I’d have a fork. Yes sir, I was born for hard luck….”
Care va aduceti aminte Amelie, el e Peg Leg Sam Jackson, negrul fara un picior care dansa in televizorul frantuzoaicei. L-am gasit din intamplare, aici. Bucatica din amelie, e de fapt un fragment dintr-un documentar despre el. Un schiop, cu un ochi mai mare decat celalalt, cu urechile mancate de degeraturi si un obraz crestat de ditamai cicatricea. Dar parca, nu stiu cum, nu pare un om fara un picior, ci unul care pur si simplu are doar unul, daca pricepeti ce ma chinui sa spun. Doamnelor si domnilor: Cand s-o-mpartit norocu, varianta blues.
