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Happiness
Raymond Carver, 1938 - 1988, was a short story writer and poet. His career spanned nearly thirty years, starting at the age of 22 when his first published story The Furious Seasons appeared in his college magazine Selection. In the latter part of his career Carver was awarded a fellowship to write full-time by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
So early it’s still almost dark out.
I’m near the window with a coffee,
and the usual early morning stuff
that passes for thought.
When I see the boy and his friend
walking up the road
to deliver the newspaper.
They wear caps and sweaters,
and one boy has a bag over his
shoulder.
They are so happy
they aren’t saying anything, these
boys.
I think if they could, they would take
each other’s arm.
It’s early in the morning,
and they are doing this thing
together.
They come on, slowly.
The sky is taking on light,
though the moon still hangs pale
over the water.
Such beauty that for a minute
death and ambition, even love,
doesn’t enter into this.
Happiness. It comes on
unexpectedly. And goes beyond,
really,
any early morning talk about it.