The Gift 歌词

歌曲	The Gift
歌手	The Velvet Underground
专辑	White Light / White Heat
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[00:02.060]	Waldo Jeffers had reached his limit.
[00:04.560]	It was now Mid-August
[00:06.230]	Which meant he had been separated from Marsha for more than two months.
[00:10.360]	Two months, and all he had to show was three dog-eared letters
[00:13.700]	And two very expensive long-distance phone calls.
[00:16.940]	True, when school had ended and she'd returned to Wisconsin,
[00:20.040]	And he to Locust, Pennsylvania,
[00:22.340]	She had sworn to maintain a certain fidelity.
[00:25.380]	She would date occasionally, but merely as amusement.
[00:29.160]	She would remain faithful
[00:31.620]
[00:34.400]	He had trouble sleeping at night
[00:36.660]	And when he did, he had horrible dreams.
[00:39.810]	He lay awake at night,
[00:41.570]	Tossing and turning underneath his pleated quilt protector,
[00:45.260]	Tears welling in his eyes as he pictured Marsha,
[00:48.670]	Her sworn vows overcome by liquor and the smooth soothing of some neanderthal,
[00:54.350]	Finally submitting to the final caresses of sexual oblivion.
[00:59.040]	It was more than the human mind could bear
[01:02.120]	Visions of Marsha's faithlessness haunted him.Marsha
[01:05.240]	Daytime fantasies of sexual abandon permeated his thoughts.
[01:09.280]	And the thing was, they wouldn't understand how she really was.
[01:13.810]	He, Waldo, alone understood this.
[01:16.640]	He had intuitively grasped every nook and cranny of her psyche.
[01:20.590]	He had made her smile.
[01:22.530]	She needed him, and he wasn't there. (Awww...)
[01:25.930]	The idea came to him on the Thursday
[01:27.630]	Before the Mummers' Parade was scheduled to appear.
[01:30.520]	He'd just finished mowing and edging the Edelsons lawn for a dollar fifty
[01:33.860]	And had checked the mailbox to see if there was at least a word from Marsha.
[01:37.940]	There was nothing but a circular
[01:39.500]	From the Amalgamated Aluminum Company Of America
[01:41.440]	Inquiring into his awing needs.
[01:44.030]	At least they cared enough to write
[01:46.370]	It was a New York company.
[01:48.560]	You could go anywhere in the mails.
[01:51.010]	Then it struck him.
[01:52.850]	He didn't have enough money to go to Wisconsin in the accepted fashion,
[01:55.840]	True, but why not mail himself?
[01:58.890]	It was absurdly simple.
[02:00.660]	He would ship himself parcel post, special delivery.
[02:04.160]	The next day Waldo went to the supermarket
[02:06.330]	To purchase the necessary equipment.
[02:08.730]	He bought masking tape, a staple gun
[02:11.010]	And a medium sized cardboard box just right for a person of his build.
[02:15.250]	He judged that with a minimum of jostling he could ride quite comfortably.
[02:19.140]	A few airholes, some water, perhaps some midnight snacks,
[02:22.770]	And it would probably be as good as going tourist!
[02:26.170]	By Friday afternoon, Waldo was set.
[02:28.770]	He was thoroughly packed and the Post Office had agreed
[02:30.790]	To pick him up at three o'clock.
[02:32.880]	He'd marked the package "Fragile",
[02:34.560]	And as he sat curled up inside,
[02:36.300]	Resting on the foam rubber cushioning he'd thoughtfully included,
[02:39.450]	He tried to picture the look of awe and happiness on Marshas face
[02:42.450]	As she opened her door, saw the package, tipped the deliverer,
[02:46.080]	And then opened it to see her Waldo finally there in person.
[02:50.070]	She would kiss him, and then maybe they could see a movie.
[02:54.020]	If he'd only thought of this before.
[02:56.670]	Suddenly rough hands gripped his package and he felt himself borne up.
[03:01.160]	He landed with a thud in a truck and was off
[03:04.640]	Marsha Bronson had just finished setting her hair.
[03:07.630]	It had been a very rough weekend.
[03:10.360]	She had to remember not to drink like that.
[03:13.360]	Bill had been nice about it though.
[03:15.350]	After it was over he'd said he still respected her and, after all,
[03:18.740]	It was certainly the way of nature,
[03:20.860]	And even though, no, he didn't love her,
[03:23.250]	He did feel an affection for her.
[03:26.050]	And after all, they were grown adults.
[03:28.840]	Oh, what Bill could teach Waldo!
[03:31.520]	But that seemed many years ago
[03:34.460]	Sheila Klein, her very, very best friend,
[03:37.360]	Walked in through the porch screen door and into the kitchen.
[03:41.440]	"Oh gawd, it's absolutely maudlin outside."“
[03:44.520]	"Ach, I know what you mean, I feel all icky!"“
[03:48.760]	Marsha tightened the belt on her cotton robe with the silk outer edge.
[03:52.410]	Sheila ran her finger over some salt grains on the kitchen table,
[03:56.050]	Licked her finger and made a face
[03:58.650]	"I'm supposed to be taking these salt pills,but," “
[04:00.630]	She wrinkled her nose, "they make me feel like throwing up."
[04:04.920]	Marsha started to pat herself under the chin, Marsha
[04:07.460]	An exercise she'd seen on television
[04:10.100]	"God, don't even talk about that."“
[04:12.650]	She got up from the table and went to the sink
[04:14.340]	Where she picked up a bottle of pink and blue vitamins.
[04:17.240]	"Want one? Supposed to be better than Stick,"
[04:19.430]	And then attempted to touch her knees.
[04:21.870]	"I don't think I'll ever touch a daiquiri again."“
[04:25.060]	She gave up and sat down,
[04:26.650]	This time nearer the small table that supported the telephone.
[04:30.190]	"Maybe Bill'll call," she said to Sheila's glance. “
[04:33.740]	Sheila nibbled on a cuticle，
[04:36.080]	"After last night, I thought maybe you'd be through with him."“
[04:39.620]	"I know what you mean. My God, he was like an octopus. “
[04:42.350]	Hands all over the place."
[04:44.460]	She gestured, raising her arms upwards in defense.
[04:47.210]	"The thing is, after a while, you get tired of fighting with him, you know, “
[04:50.500]	And after all I didn't really do anything Friday and Saturday
[04:53.540]	So I kind of owed it to him. You know what I mean."
[04:56.300]	She started to scratch. Sheila was giggling with her hand over her mouth
[05:01.010]	"I'll tell you, I felt the same way, and even after a while," “
[05:04.440]	Here she bent forward in a whisper,
[05:06.290]	"I wanted to!" Now she was laughing very loudly“
[05:10.520]	It was at this point that Mr. Jameson of the Clarence Darrow Post Office
[05:14.120]	Rang the doorbell of the large stucco colored frame house.
[05:17.750]	When Marsha Bronson opened the door, he helped her carry the package in.
[05:21.190]	He had his yellow and his green slips of paper signed
[05:24.090]	And left with a fifteen cent tip
[05:25.680]	That Marsha had gotten out of her mother's small beige pocketbook in the den
[05:30.010]	"What do you think it is?" Sheila asked.“
[05:32.600]	Marsha stood with her arms folded behind her back.
[05:35.390]	She stared at the brown cardboard carton
[05:37.490]	That sat in the middle of the living room
[05:39.430]	"I dunno."“
[05:41.270]	Inside the package, Waldo quivered with excitement
[05:44.540]	As he listened to the muffled voices.
[05:46.780]	Sheila ran her fingernail over the masking tape that ran down the center of the carton.
[05:51.380]	"Why don't you look at the return address and see who it's from?" “
[05:55.110]	Waldo felt his heart beating.
[05:57.160]	He could feel the vibrating footsteps.
[05:59.070]	It would be soon
[06:01.810]	Marsha walked around the carton and read the ink-scratched label.
[06:05.450]	"Ah, god it's from Waldo!"“
[06:08.140]	"That schmuck!" said Sheila. “
[06:10.690]	Waldo trembled with expectation.
[06:13.590]	"Well, you might as well open it," said Sheila. “
[06:16.080]	Both of them tried to lift the staple flap
[06:19.280]	"Ah sst," said Marsha, groaning, "he must have nailed it shut."
[06:23.850]	They tugged on the flap again.
[06:26.100]	"My God, you need a power drill to get this thing open!" “
[06:29.840]	They pulled again. "You can't get a grip."
[06:34.760]	They both stood still, breathing heavily
[06:38.150]	"Why don't you get a scissor," said Sheila. “
[06:41.030]	Marsha ran into the kitchen,
[06:42.820]	But all she could find was a little sewing scissor.
[06:45.960]	Then she remembered that her father
[06:47.410]	kept a collection of tools in the basement.
[06:49.700]	She ran downstairs, and when she came back up,
[06:52.100]	She had a large sheet metal cutter in her hand.
[06:55.090]	"This is the best I could find." She was very out of breath. “
[06:58.330]	"Here, you do it. I-I'm gonna die."
[07:01.320]	She sank into a large fluffy couch and exhaled noisily.
[07:06.100]	Sheila tried to make a slit between the masking tape
[07:08.790]	And the end of the cardboard flap,
[07:10.630]	But the blade was too big and there wasn't enough room
[07:13.820]	"God damn this thing!" she said feeling very exasperated. “
[07:17.710]	Then smiling, "I got an idea."
[07:20.700]	"What?" said Marsha“
[07:22.040]	"Just watch," said Sheila, touching her finger to her head“
[07:25.330]	Inside the package, Waldo was so transfixed with excitement
[07:29.120]	That he could barely breathe.
[07:31.410]	His skin felt prickly from the heat,
[07:33.710]	And he could feel his heart beating in his throat.
[07:36.490]	It would be soon.
[07:38.930]	Sheila stood quite upright
[07:41.100]	And walked around to the other side of the package.
[07:43.940]	Then she sank down to her knees, grasped the cutter by both handles,
[07:48.290]	Took a deep breath,
[07:49.630]	And plunged the long blade through the middle of the package,
[07:52.520]	Through the masking tape, through the cardboard,
[07:54.910]	Through the cushioning
[07:55.610]	And (thud) right through the center of Waldo Jeffers head, （
[07:59.840]	Which split slightly and caused little rhythmic arcs of red
[08:03.080]	To pulsate gently in the morning sun

[00:02.060]	Waldo Jeffers had reached his limit.
[00:04.560]	It was now MidAugust
[00:06.230]	Which meant he had been separated from Marsha for more than two months.
[00:10.360]	Two months, and all he had to show was three dogeared letters
[00:13.700]	And two very expensive longdistance phone calls.
[00:16.940]	True, when school had ended and she' d returned to Wisconsin,
[00:20.040]	And he to Locust, Pennsylvania,
[00:22.340]	She had sworn to maintain a certain fidelity.
[00:25.380]	She would date occasionally, but merely as amusement.
[00:29.160]	She would remain faithful
[00:31.620]
[00:34.400]	He had trouble sleeping at night
[00:36.660]	And when he did, he had horrible dreams.
[00:39.810]	He lay awake at night,
[00:41.570]	Tossing and turning underneath his pleated quilt protector,
[00:45.260]	Tears welling in his eyes as he pictured Marsha,
[00:48.670]	Her sworn vows overcome by liquor and the smooth soothing of some neanderthal,
[00:54.350]	Finally submitting to the final caresses of sexual oblivion.
[00:59.040]	It was more than the human mind could bear
[01:02.120]	Visions of Marsha' s faithlessness haunted him. Marsha
[01:05.240]	Daytime fantasies of sexual abandon permeated his thoughts.
[01:09.280]	And the thing was, they wouldn' t understand how she really was.
[01:13.810]	He, Waldo, alone understood this.
[01:16.640]	He had intuitively grasped every nook and cranny of her psyche.
[01:20.590]	He had made her smile.
[01:22.530]	She needed him, and he wasn' t there. Awww...
[01:25.930]	The idea came to him on the Thursday
[01:27.630]	Before the Mummers' Parade was scheduled to appear.
[01:30.520]	He' d just finished mowing and edging the Edelsons lawn for a dollar fifty
[01:33.860]	And had checked the mailbox to see if there was at least a word from Marsha.
[01:37.940]	There was nothing but a circular
[01:39.500]	From the Amalgamated Aluminum Company Of America
[01:41.440]	Inquiring into his awing needs.
[01:44.030]	At least they cared enough to write
[01:46.370]	It was a New York company.
[01:48.560]	You could go anywhere in the mails.
[01:51.010]	Then it struck him.
[01:52.850]	He didn' t have enough money to go to Wisconsin in the accepted fashion,
[01:55.840]	True, but why not mail himself?
[01:58.890]	It was absurdly simple.
[02:00.660]	He would ship himself parcel post, special delivery.
[02:04.160]	The next day Waldo went to the supermarket
[02:06.330]	To purchase the necessary equipment.
[02:08.730]	He bought masking tape, a staple gun
[02:11.010]	And a medium sized cardboard box just right for a person of his build.
[02:15.250]	He judged that with a minimum of jostling he could ride quite comfortably.
[02:19.140]	A few airholes, some water, perhaps some midnight snacks,
[02:22.770]	And it would probably be as good as going tourist!
[02:26.170]	By Friday afternoon, Waldo was set.
[02:28.770]	He was thoroughly packed and the Post Office had agreed
[02:30.790]	To pick him up at three o' clock.
[02:32.880]	He' d marked the package " Fragile",
[02:34.560]	And as he sat curled up inside,
[02:36.300]	Resting on the foam rubber cushioning he' d thoughtfully included,
[02:39.450]	He tried to picture the look of awe and happiness on Marshas face
[02:42.450]	As she opened her door, saw the package, tipped the deliverer,
[02:46.080]	And then opened it to see her Waldo finally there in person.
[02:50.070]	She would kiss him, and then maybe they could see a movie.
[02:54.020]	If he' d only thought of this before.
[02:56.670]	Suddenly rough hands gripped his package and he felt himself borne up.
[03:01.160]	He landed with a thud in a truck and was off
[03:04.640]	Marsha Bronson had just finished setting her hair.
[03:07.630]	It had been a very rough weekend.
[03:10.360]	She had to remember not to drink like that.
[03:13.360]	Bill had been nice about it though.
[03:15.350]	After it was over he' d said he still respected her and, after all,
[03:18.740]	It was certainly the way of nature,
[03:20.860]	And even though, no, he didn' t love her,
[03:23.250]	He did feel an affection for her.
[03:26.050]	And after all, they were grown adults.
[03:28.840]	Oh, what Bill could teach Waldo!
[03:31.520]	But that seemed many years ago
[03:34.460]	Sheila Klein, her very, very best friend,
[03:37.360]	Walked in through the porch screen door and into the kitchen.
[03:41.440]	" Oh gawd, it' s absolutely maudlin outside.""
[03:44.520]	" Ach, I know what you mean, I feel all icky!""
[03:48.760]	Marsha tightened the belt on her cotton robe with the silk outer edge.
[03:52.410]	Sheila ran her finger over some salt grains on the kitchen table,
[03:56.050]	Licked her finger and made a face
[03:58.650]	" I' m supposed to be taking these salt pills, but," "
[04:00.630]	She wrinkled her nose, " they make me feel like throwing up."
[04:04.920]	Marsha started to pat herself under the chin, Marsha
[04:07.460]	An exercise she' d seen on television
[04:10.100]	" God, don' t even talk about that.""
[04:12.650]	She got up from the table and went to the sink
[04:14.340]	Where she picked up a bottle of pink and blue vitamins.
[04:17.240]	" Want one? Supposed to be better than Stick,"
[04:19.430]	And then attempted to touch her knees.
[04:21.870]	" I don' t think I' ll ever touch a daiquiri again.""
[04:25.060]	She gave up and sat down,
[04:26.650]	This time nearer the small table that supported the telephone.
[04:30.190]	" Maybe Bill' ll call," she said to Sheila' s glance. "
[04:33.740]	Sheila nibbled on a cuticle,
[04:36.080]	" After last night, I thought maybe you' d be through with him.""
[04:39.620]	" I know what you mean. My God, he was like an octopus. "
[04:42.350]	Hands all over the place."
[04:44.460]	She gestured, raising her arms upwards in defense.
[04:47.210]	" The thing is, after a while, you get tired of fighting with him, you know, "
[04:50.500]	And after all I didn' t really do anything Friday and Saturday
[04:53.540]	So I kind of owed it to him. You know what I mean."
[04:56.300]	She started to scratch. Sheila was giggling with her hand over her mouth
[05:01.010]	" I' ll tell you, I felt the same way, and even after a while," "
[05:04.440]	Here she bent forward in a whisper,
[05:06.290]	" I wanted to!" Now she was laughing very loudly"
[05:10.520]	It was at this point that Mr. Jameson of the Clarence Darrow Post Office
[05:14.120]	Rang the doorbell of the large stucco colored frame house.
[05:17.750]	When Marsha Bronson opened the door, he helped her carry the package in.
[05:21.190]	He had his yellow and his green slips of paper signed
[05:24.090]	And left with a fifteen cent tip
[05:25.680]	That Marsha had gotten out of her mother' s small beige pocketbook in the den
[05:30.010]	" What do you think it is?" Sheila asked."
[05:32.600]	Marsha stood with her arms folded behind her back.
[05:35.390]	She stared at the brown cardboard carton
[05:37.490]	That sat in the middle of the living room
[05:39.430]	" I dunno.""
[05:41.270]	Inside the package, Waldo quivered with excitement
[05:44.540]	As he listened to the muffled voices.
[05:46.780]	Sheila ran her fingernail over the masking tape that ran down the center of the carton.
[05:51.380]	" Why don' t you look at the return address and see who it' s from?" "
[05:55.110]	Waldo felt his heart beating.
[05:57.160]	He could feel the vibrating footsteps.
[05:59.070]	It would be soon
[06:01.810]	Marsha walked around the carton and read the inkscratched label.
[06:05.450]	" Ah, god it' s from Waldo!""
[06:08.140]	" That schmuck!" said Sheila. "
[06:10.690]	Waldo trembled with expectation.
[06:13.590]	" Well, you might as well open it," said Sheila. "
[06:16.080]	Both of them tried to lift the staple flap
[06:19.280]	" Ah sst," said Marsha, groaning, " he must have nailed it shut."
[06:23.850]	They tugged on the flap again.
[06:26.100]	" My God, you need a power drill to get this thing open!" "
[06:29.840]	They pulled again. " You can' t get a grip."
[06:34.760]	They both stood still, breathing heavily
[06:38.150]	" Why don' t you get a scissor," said Sheila. "
[06:41.030]	Marsha ran into the kitchen,
[06:42.820]	But all she could find was a little sewing scissor.
[06:45.960]	Then she remembered that her father
[06:47.410]	kept a collection of tools in the basement.
[06:49.700]	She ran downstairs, and when she came back up,
[06:52.100]	She had a large sheet metal cutter in her hand.
[06:55.090]	" This is the best I could find." She was very out of breath. "
[06:58.330]	" Here, you do it. II' m gonna die."
[07:01.320]	She sank into a large fluffy couch and exhaled noisily.
[07:06.100]	Sheila tried to make a slit between the masking tape
[07:08.790]	And the end of the cardboard flap,
[07:10.630]	But the blade was too big and there wasn' t enough room
[07:13.820]	" God damn this thing!" she said feeling very exasperated. "
[07:17.710]	Then smiling, " I got an idea."
[07:20.700]	" What?" said Marsha"
[07:22.040]	" Just watch," said Sheila, touching her finger to her head"
[07:25.330]	Inside the package, Waldo was so transfixed with excitement
[07:29.120]	That he could barely breathe.
[07:31.410]	His skin felt prickly from the heat,
[07:33.710]	And he could feel his heart beating in his throat.
[07:36.490]	It would be soon.
[07:38.930]	Sheila stood quite upright
[07:41.100]	And walked around to the other side of the package.
[07:43.940]	Then she sank down to her knees, grasped the cutter by both handles,
[07:48.290]	Took a deep breath,
[07:49.630]	And plunged the long blade through the middle of the package,
[07:52.520]	Through the masking tape, through the cardboard,
[07:54.910]	Through the cushioning
[07:55.610]	And thud right through the center of Waldo Jeffers head,
[07:59.840]	Which split slightly and caused little rhythmic arcs of red
[08:03.080]	To pulsate gently in the morning sun

[00:02.060]	Waldo Jeffers had reached his limit.
[00:04.560]	It was now MidAugust
[00:06.230]	Which meant he had been separated from Marsha for more than two months.
[00:10.360]	Two months, and all he had to show was three dogeared letters
[00:13.700]	And two very expensive longdistance phone calls.
[00:16.940]	True, when school had ended and she' d returned to Wisconsin,
[00:20.040]	And he to Locust, Pennsylvania,
[00:22.340]	She had sworn to maintain a certain fidelity.
[00:25.380]	She would date occasionally, but merely as amusement.
[00:29.160]	She would remain faithful
[00:31.620]
[00:34.400]	He had trouble sleeping at night
[00:36.660]	And when he did, he had horrible dreams.
[00:39.810]	He lay awake at night,
[00:41.570]	Tossing and turning underneath his pleated quilt protector,
[00:45.260]	Tears welling in his eyes as he pictured Marsha,
[00:48.670]	Her sworn vows overcome by liquor and the smooth soothing of some neanderthal,
[00:54.350]	Finally submitting to the final caresses of sexual oblivion.
[00:59.040]	It was more than the human mind could bear
[01:02.120]	Visions of Marsha' s faithlessness haunted him. Marsha
[01:05.240]	Daytime fantasies of sexual abandon permeated his thoughts.
[01:09.280]	And the thing was, they wouldn' t understand how she really was.
[01:13.810]	He, Waldo, alone understood this.
[01:16.640]	He had intuitively grasped every nook and cranny of her psyche.
[01:20.590]	He had made her smile.
[01:22.530]	She needed him, and he wasn' t there. Awww...
[01:25.930]	The idea came to him on the Thursday
[01:27.630]	Before the Mummers' Parade was scheduled to appear.
[01:30.520]	He' d just finished mowing and edging the Edelsons lawn for a dollar fifty
[01:33.860]	And had checked the mailbox to see if there was at least a word from Marsha.
[01:37.940]	There was nothing but a circular
[01:39.500]	From the Amalgamated Aluminum Company Of America
[01:41.440]	Inquiring into his awing needs.
[01:44.030]	At least they cared enough to write
[01:46.370]	It was a New York company.
[01:48.560]	You could go anywhere in the mails.
[01:51.010]	Then it struck him.
[01:52.850]	He didn' t have enough money to go to Wisconsin in the accepted fashion,
[01:55.840]	True, but why not mail himself?
[01:58.890]	It was absurdly simple.
[02:00.660]	He would ship himself parcel post, special delivery.
[02:04.160]	The next day Waldo went to the supermarket
[02:06.330]	To purchase the necessary equipment.
[02:08.730]	He bought masking tape, a staple gun
[02:11.010]	And a medium sized cardboard box just right for a person of his build.
[02:15.250]	He judged that with a minimum of jostling he could ride quite comfortably.
[02:19.140]	A few airholes, some water, perhaps some midnight snacks,
[02:22.770]	And it would probably be as good as going tourist!
[02:26.170]	By Friday afternoon, Waldo was set.
[02:28.770]	He was thoroughly packed and the Post Office had agreed
[02:30.790]	To pick him up at three o' clock.
[02:32.880]	He' d marked the package " Fragile",
[02:34.560]	And as he sat curled up inside,
[02:36.300]	Resting on the foam rubber cushioning he' d thoughtfully included,
[02:39.450]	He tried to picture the look of awe and happiness on Marshas face
[02:42.450]	As she opened her door, saw the package, tipped the deliverer,
[02:46.080]	And then opened it to see her Waldo finally there in person.
[02:50.070]	She would kiss him, and then maybe they could see a movie.
[02:54.020]	If he' d only thought of this before.
[02:56.670]	Suddenly rough hands gripped his package and he felt himself borne up.
[03:01.160]	He landed with a thud in a truck and was off
[03:04.640]	Marsha Bronson had just finished setting her hair.
[03:07.630]	It had been a very rough weekend.
[03:10.360]	She had to remember not to drink like that.
[03:13.360]	Bill had been nice about it though.
[03:15.350]	After it was over he' d said he still respected her and, after all,
[03:18.740]	It was certainly the way of nature,
[03:20.860]	And even though, no, he didn' t love her,
[03:23.250]	He did feel an affection for her.
[03:26.050]	And after all, they were grown adults.
[03:28.840]	Oh, what Bill could teach Waldo!
[03:31.520]	But that seemed many years ago
[03:34.460]	Sheila Klein, her very, very best friend,
[03:37.360]	Walked in through the porch screen door and into the kitchen.
[03:41.440]	" Oh gawd, it' s absolutely maudlin outside.""
[03:44.520]	" Ach, I know what you mean, I feel all icky!""
[03:48.760]	Marsha tightened the belt on her cotton robe with the silk outer edge.
[03:52.410]	Sheila ran her finger over some salt grains on the kitchen table,
[03:56.050]	Licked her finger and made a face
[03:58.650]	" I' m supposed to be taking these salt pills, but," "
[04:00.630]	She wrinkled her nose, " they make me feel like throwing up."
[04:04.920]	Marsha started to pat herself under the chin, Marsha
[04:07.460]	An exercise she' d seen on television
[04:10.100]	" God, don' t even talk about that.""
[04:12.650]	She got up from the table and went to the sink
[04:14.340]	Where she picked up a bottle of pink and blue vitamins.
[04:17.240]	" Want one? Supposed to be better than Stick,"
[04:19.430]	And then attempted to touch her knees.
[04:21.870]	" I don' t think I' ll ever touch a daiquiri again.""
[04:25.060]	She gave up and sat down,
[04:26.650]	This time nearer the small table that supported the telephone.
[04:30.190]	" Maybe Bill' ll call," she said to Sheila' s glance. "
[04:33.740]	Sheila nibbled on a cuticle,
[04:36.080]	" After last night, I thought maybe you' d be through with him.""
[04:39.620]	" I know what you mean. My God, he was like an octopus. "
[04:42.350]	Hands all over the place."
[04:44.460]	She gestured, raising her arms upwards in defense.
[04:47.210]	" The thing is, after a while, you get tired of fighting with him, you know, "
[04:50.500]	And after all I didn' t really do anything Friday and Saturday
[04:53.540]	So I kind of owed it to him. You know what I mean."
[04:56.300]	She started to scratch. Sheila was giggling with her hand over her mouth
[05:01.010]	" I' ll tell you, I felt the same way, and even after a while," "
[05:04.440]	Here she bent forward in a whisper,
[05:06.290]	" I wanted to!" Now she was laughing very loudly"
[05:10.520]	It was at this point that Mr. Jameson of the Clarence Darrow Post Office
[05:14.120]	Rang the doorbell of the large stucco colored frame house.
[05:17.750]	When Marsha Bronson opened the door, he helped her carry the package in.
[05:21.190]	He had his yellow and his green slips of paper signed
[05:24.090]	And left with a fifteen cent tip
[05:25.680]	That Marsha had gotten out of her mother' s small beige pocketbook in the den
[05:30.010]	" What do you think it is?" Sheila asked."
[05:32.600]	Marsha stood with her arms folded behind her back.
[05:35.390]	She stared at the brown cardboard carton
[05:37.490]	That sat in the middle of the living room
[05:39.430]	" I dunno.""
[05:41.270]	Inside the package, Waldo quivered with excitement
[05:44.540]	As he listened to the muffled voices.
[05:46.780]	Sheila ran her fingernail over the masking tape that ran down the center of the carton.
[05:51.380]	" Why don' t you look at the return address and see who it' s from?" "
[05:55.110]	Waldo felt his heart beating.
[05:57.160]	He could feel the vibrating footsteps.
[05:59.070]	It would be soon
[06:01.810]	Marsha walked around the carton and read the inkscratched label.
[06:05.450]	" Ah, god it' s from Waldo!""
[06:08.140]	" That schmuck!" said Sheila. "
[06:10.690]	Waldo trembled with expectation.
[06:13.590]	" Well, you might as well open it," said Sheila. "
[06:16.080]	Both of them tried to lift the staple flap
[06:19.280]	" Ah sst," said Marsha, groaning, " he must have nailed it shut."
[06:23.850]	They tugged on the flap again.
[06:26.100]	" My God, you need a power drill to get this thing open!" "
[06:29.840]	They pulled again. " You can' t get a grip."
[06:34.760]	They both stood still, breathing heavily
[06:38.150]	" Why don' t you get a scissor," said Sheila. "
[06:41.030]	Marsha ran into the kitchen,
[06:42.820]	But all she could find was a little sewing scissor.
[06:45.960]	Then she remembered that her father
[06:47.410]	kept a collection of tools in the basement.
[06:49.700]	She ran downstairs, and when she came back up,
[06:52.100]	She had a large sheet metal cutter in her hand.
[06:55.090]	" This is the best I could find." She was very out of breath. "
[06:58.330]	" Here, you do it. II' m gonna die."
[07:01.320]	She sank into a large fluffy couch and exhaled noisily.
[07:06.100]	Sheila tried to make a slit between the masking tape
[07:08.790]	And the end of the cardboard flap,
[07:10.630]	But the blade was too big and there wasn' t enough room
[07:13.820]	" God damn this thing!" she said feeling very exasperated. "
[07:17.710]	Then smiling, " I got an idea."
[07:20.700]	" What?" said Marsha"
[07:22.040]	" Just watch," said Sheila, touching her finger to her head"
[07:25.330]	Inside the package, Waldo was so transfixed with excitement
[07:29.120]	That he could barely breathe.
[07:31.410]	His skin felt prickly from the heat,
[07:33.710]	And he could feel his heart beating in his throat.
[07:36.490]	It would be soon.
[07:38.930]	Sheila stood quite upright
[07:41.100]	And walked around to the other side of the package.
[07:43.940]	Then she sank down to her knees, grasped the cutter by both handles,
[07:48.290]	Took a deep breath,
[07:49.630]	And plunged the long blade through the middle of the package,
[07:52.520]	Through the masking tape, through the cardboard,
[07:54.910]	Through the cushioning
[07:55.610]	And thud right through the center of Waldo Jeffers head,
[07:59.840]	Which split slightly and caused little rhythmic arcs of red
[08:03.080]	To pulsate gently in the morning sun

[00:02.060]	沃尔多·杰夫斯已经到忍到极限了
[00:04.560]	那是八月中旬
[00:06.230]	这意味着他已经跟玛莎分开了两个多月了
[00:10.360]	两个月，他就只有三封翻烂了的信
[00:13.700]	还有两通超贵的长途电话
[00:16.940]	的确，毕业后她回了威斯康辛
[00:20.040]	而他回到宾州
[00:22.340]	她发誓会保持某种程度的忠诚
[00:25.380]	她会偶尔出去浪，但只是玩玩而已
[00:29.160]	她不会给他戴绿帽子
[00:31.620]	But lately Waldo had begun to worry.但最近Waldo开始担心了
[00:34.400]	他晚上睡不着觉
[00:36.660]	一旦睡着，就会做噩梦
[00:39.810]	他整晚躺着发呆
[00:41.570]	在被套里翻来覆去
[00:45.260]	眼泪汪汪，当他想到玛莎可能会
[00:48.670]	在酒精和某些傻吊的花言巧语诱惑下
[00:54.350]	在不可描述的快乐中把誓言跑到脑后
[00:59.040]	这是人能忍的事？
[01:02.120]	不忠的画面一直在他脑海里盘旋
[01:05.240]	那种被绿了的白日幻想彻底占领他的思维
[01:09.280]	问题是，那些人根本不会懂她
[01:13.810]	只有他，沃尔多，最懂
[01:16.640]	他直观的了解她心灵每个角落与缝隙
[01:20.590]	他能带给她欢笑
[01:22.530]	她需要他，而他却不在（啊...）
[01:25.930]	那天他灵机一动
[01:27.630]	就在周四化装游行开始前
[01:30.520]	就在他为了1美元55美分打理完艾德森家的草坪时
[01:33.860]	他去检查邮箱看看有没有来自玛莎的只言片语
[01:37.940]	结果一无所获，除了
[01:39.500]	美国联合铝业公司的一张传单
[01:41.440]	打探他的需求
[01:44.030]	至少他们还有心思给他写信
[01:46.370]	那是家纽约的公司
[01:48.560]	你可以邮寄东西到任何地方
[01:51.010]	然后他有了一个大胆的想法
[01:52.850]	他没钱用正常方法去威斯康辛
[01:55.840]	但是他可以把自己寄过去啊
[01:58.890]	简直不要太简单
[02:00.660]	他要把自己装在包裹里寄过去，特快专递
[02:04.160]	第二天沃尔多就去超市
[02:06.330]	买了所有需要的工具
[02:08.730]	他买了封口胶带、钉枪
[02:11.010]	选了一个刚好合适他的硬纸板箱子
[02:15.250]	他轻轻地撞了几下试试看，可以在里面呆得很舒服
[02:19.140]	几个透气孔，一点水，可能还有点零食
[02:22.770]	这差不多会像一趟不错的旅行了
[02:26.170]	到周五下午，沃尔多也已经准备就绪
[02:28.770]	他已经把自己打包好，而邮局同意
[02:30.790]	三点钟来取货
[02:32.880]	他把包裹标记为“易碎”
[02:34.560]	然后蜷缩在里面
[02:36.300]	坐在他机智地准备好的泡沫缓冲垫上休息
[02:39.450]	他试着想象，玛莎惊喜的神情
[02:42.450]	当她打开门，看见包裹，付过小费
[02:46.080]	最后拆开包裹发现她的沃尔多闪亮登场
[02:50.070]	她会送上热吻，然后或许会一起去看电影
[02:54.020]	要是他之前就想到的话
[02:56.670]	突然他的包裹被粗暴的抬起来
[03:01.160]	嘭地一声被扔在卡车上，然后出发了
[03:04.640]	玛莎·布朗森刚刚做完头发
[03:07.630]	她周末过得相当不顺
[03:10.360]	她要记住再也别那样喝酒了
[03:13.360]	虽然比尔还算友好
[03:15.350]	事情结束后他说他仍然尊敬她，毕竟
[03:18.740]	这只是正常生理需求而已
[03:20.860]	虽然，他并不爱她
[03:23.250]	但他的确对她有点意思
[03:26.050]	反正他们都是成年人了
[03:28.840]	哎，比尔真的该给沃尔多上一课！
[03:31.520]	但那仿佛像是几百年前了
[03:34.460]	希拉·克莱恩是她的超级闺蜜
[03:37.360]	她穿过门廊的纱帘门走到厨房里
[03:41.440]	天啊，空气中都弥漫着宿醉后气味啊”
[03:44.520]	呵，我知道你的意思，我也觉得很恶心”
[03:48.760]	玛莎绑紧了她带丝绸花边的棉袍的腰带
[03:52.410]	希拉用手指沾了沾厨房桌子上的盐粒
[03:56.050]	舔了舔手指，做了个鬼脸
[03:58.650]	按理说我该服用这些盐丸的，但是”
[04:00.630]	她皱了皱鼻子，“它们让我想吐”
[04:04.920]	开始轻拍自己的下巴
[04:07.460]	一种她在电视上看到的锻炼动作
[04:10.100]	天，说都不要说起那个”
[04:12.650]	她起身离开桌子走到水槽边
[04:14.340]	拿起了一瓶粉红和蓝色相间的维他命片
[04:17.240]	“来一片？据说比Stick（某著名盐丸牌子）好吃”
[04:19.430]	然后试图触碰她的膝盖
[04:21.870]	我觉得我这辈子都不会再碰德其利（某种水果鸡尾酒）了”
[04:25.060]	她放弃了锻炼然后坐下来
[04:26.650]	这次坐到了靠近电话的小桌子旁
[04:30.190]	也许比尔会给我打电话，”她对希拉说
[04:33.740]	而希拉咬着指尖上的死皮，看着她说
[04:36.080]	我以为昨晚之后，你就受够他了”
[04:39.620]	我知道你的意思。天啊，他就像只触手怪一样
[04:42.350]	手到处乱摸。”
[04:44.460]	她比划了一下，举起双臂做防御状
[04:47.210]	问题是，过了一会儿，你就厌烦抗拒他了，你懂的
[04:50.500]	毕竟我周五周六并没有真的跟他做什么
[04:53.540]	所以我差不多是欠他的。你懂我的意思。”
[04:56.300]	她开始抓耳挠腮，希拉捂着嘴偷笑
[05:01.010]	我跟你讲，我一开始也这么觉得，甚至之后好一阵子”
[05:04.440]	说到这儿她向前倾，压低了声音
[05:06.290]	其实我也想要！”这时她大笑了起来
[05:10.520]	正是此时，Clarence Darrow邮局的詹姆森先生
[05:14.120]	按响了抹灰框架的大房子的门铃，
[05:17.750]	当玛莎·布朗森打开门，他帮忙把包裹抬了进来
[05:21.190]	他让她签了那些黄黄绿绿的收据
[05:24.090]	收写了十五美分小费离开了
[05:25.680]	那是玛莎从她妈妈放在屋里的小钱包里拿出来的
[05:30.010]	你猜里面是什么”希拉问道
[05:32.600]	玛莎背着手站在包裹前
[05:35.390]	她盯着棕色的，
[05:37.490]	放在客厅中间的纸板箱
[05:39.430]	我不知道”
[05:41.270]	在包裹里面，沃尔多激动得浑身发抖
[05:44.540]	当他听见模糊不清的声音时
[05:46.780]	希拉用手指划过纸箱中间的密封胶带
[05:51.380]	你为什么不看看回寄地址，看它是谁寄的呢？”
[05:55.110]	沃尔多感到心脏要跳出来了
[05:57.160]	他能感觉到脚步的震动
[05:59.070]	很快了
[06:01.810]	玛莎走到纸箱边，辨认着模糊的标签
[06:05.450]	啊，天啊，是沃尔多寄来的！”
[06:08.140]	那个大笨蛋！”希拉说
[06:10.690]	沃尔多满怀期待地颤抖着
[06:13.590]	好吧，你还是打开它吧”希拉说
[06:16.080]	她们两个都试图抬起订书钉
[06:19.280]	“啊，干，”玛莎说，呻吟着，“他肯定是把它钉死了。”
[06:23.850]	她们继续拽着钉子，。
[06:26.100]	老天，你需哟啊一个电钻来把这东西弄开！”
[06:29.840]	她们又努力了一番，“你根本打不开它。”
[06:34.760]	她们都呆站着，喘着粗气
[06:38.150]	你为什么不拿把剪刀来，”希拉说。
[06:41.030]	玛莎飞奔到厨房
[06:42.820]	但她只找到了一把缝纫用的小剪刀
[06:45.960]	然后她想起来
[06:47.410]	她爸爸在地下室有一套工具
[06:49.700]	她跑下楼，等她回来时
[06:52.100]	手上提了一台大型金属片切割机
[06:55.090]	这是我能找到最合用的了”她上气不接下气
[06:58.330]	“给，你来。我要累死了。”
[07:01.320]	她把自己埋进软软的大沙发里，喘着粗气
[07:06.100]	希拉试图在胶带
[07:08.790]	和纸箱底间切出一条缝
[07:10.630]	但是刀片太厚了，下不去手
[07:13.820]	什么鬼！”她很抓狂
[07:17.710]	然后突然微微一笑，“我有个大胆的想法。”
[07:20.700]	什么？”玛莎问道
[07:22.040]	你瞧好了，”希拉说着，用手指点着脑袋
[07:25.330]	在包裹里面，沃尔多激动到不能自已
[07:29.120]	他快要窒息了
[07:31.410]	他的皮肤因为发烫而感到瘙痒
[07:33.710]	他能感到自己的心脏快从嗓子眼里跳出来了
[07:36.490]	快了，快了
[07:38.930]	希拉站直了
[07:41.100]	走到包裹的另一边
[07:43.940]	然后跪在地上，抓住切割机的两个把手
[07:48.290]	深呼吸
[07:49.630]	将长长的刀片没入了包裹之中
[07:52.520]	穿过了封口胶袋，穿过了硬纸板
[07:54.910]	穿过了泡沫软垫
[07:55.610]	嘭地一声）穿过了沃尔多的脑袋
[07:59.840]	它轻轻开裂，红色的液体随着切割节奏喷溅而出
[08:03.080]	在清晨阳光下轻盈飞舞

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