Im On A Boat Beer Pong Table



Maryann Burk e Raymond Carver



Waiting

Left off the highway and

down the hill. At the

bottom, hand another left.
Keep bearing left. The road
will make a Y. Left again.
There’s a creek on the left.
Keep going. Just before
the road ends, there’ll be
another road. Take it
and no other. Otherwise,
your life will be ruined
forever. There’s a log house
with a shake roof, on the left.
It’s not that house. It’s
the next house, just over
a rise. The house
where trees are laden with
fruit. Where phlox, forsythia
and marigold grow. It’s
the house where the woman
stands in the doorway
wearing sun in her hair. The one
who’s been waiting
all the time.
The woman who loves you.
The one who can say,
"What's Kept you?"


Waiting

Exit from the main road to the left and
come down from the hill. In
bottom, turn left again.
Continue always to the left. The road
arrive at a crossroads. Left again.
There is a stream on the left.
Continue. Shortly before
the end of the road, there
another way. Get the
and no other. Otherwise
your life will be ruined
forever. There is a log house
with a roof of boards, on the left.
It is not that house. And 'that
below, just above

a climb. The Home

where the trees are laden

fruit. Where fhlox, forsythia, and marigold

thrive. E '

the house where the woman

standing in the doorway

with the sun as the hair. That

who waited

all this time.

The woman who loves you.

What we can say:

"What took you so long?"

Raymond Carver