他说看上去不太好
他说看上去很糟事实上真的很糟
他说在一边肺上我数到了三十二个然后
我就没再数了
我说我很高兴我不想知道
比那更多的情况了
他说你信教吗你会不会跪在
森林的小树丛里让自己祈求神助
当你来到一片瀑布
水雾吹拂在你的脸和手臂上
在那些时刻你会不会停下来祈求谅解
我说还没有但我打算从今天起开始
他说真的很遗憾他说
我真希望能有一些别的消息给你
我说阿门而他说了些别的什么
我没听懂也不知道该做些什么
我不想要他不得不又重复一次
也不想自己不得不将它全部消化
我只是望着他
望了一分钟他也回望着我就在那时
我跳起来和这个人握手是他刚刚给了我
这个世上别的人不曾给过我的东西
出于强大的习惯我甚至还要感谢他

He said it doesn't look good
he said it looks bad in fact real bad
he said I counted thirty-two of them on one lung before
I quit counting them
I said I'm glad I wouldn't want to know
about any more being there than that
he said are you a religious man do you kneel down
in forest groves and let yourself ask for help
when you come to a waterfall
mist blowing against your face and arms
do you stop and ask for understanding at those moments
I said not yet but I intend to start today
he said I'm real sorry he said
I wish I had some other kind of news to give you
I said Amen and he said something else
I didn't catch and not knowing what else to do
and not wanting him to have to repeat it
and me to have to fully digest it
I just looked at him
for a minute and he looked back it was then
I jumped up and shook hands with this man who'd just given me
something no one else on earth had ever given me
I may have even thanked him habit being so strong