The Road not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost – Mountain interval (1916)

Saya tahu!!!!

Waktu kejadian : tadi pagi

lokasi : di rumah sendiri

saya sedang membaca tabloid gossip, sementara adik laki-laki saya yang ehm geek dan kuper kurang tahu informasi berada di samping saya.

tiba-tiba :

Si adik yang sok tahu (SAYST) : “Gila, Kris Dayanti kok mukanya jelek banget ya….” *volume suara super kencang*

Si kakak yang baik hati (SKYBH – asli maksa sih) : *bingung* *langsung melihat cover tabloid yang sedang dibaca* “Ini Cici Paramida….”

SAYST : “Oh iya” *tersipu malu* *melanjutkan aktivitasnya semula entah apa*

Tidak lama kemudian si kakak membaca tabloid gossip yang satunya lagi. Iye, saya rutin beli dua macam tabloid gossip tiap minggu 😳

SAYST *sambil menunjuk ke arah cover tabloid* : “Beneran lo kak, itu muka Kris Dayanti jelek banget….. eh, itu Kris Dayanti kan?” *suara agak melemah, tidak dengan penuh keyakinan seperti tadi*

SKYBH : *kembali melihat cover tabloid* “Ini… Ini Titi DJ dek….”

SKBYH : *mencari tabloid yang ada gambar KDnya* “Nah ini, KD. Kalo mau dicela, go ahead. sekali ini gak bakalan salah”

Tidak lama kemudian, sama-sama ngantri nunggu kamar mandi. Tivi ternyata sedang menayangkan infotainment.

SAYST : “Nah, itu pasti Reza (Artamevia). Itu Reza kan?” *dengan suara penuh kemenangan*

bisa menebak apa jawaban si kakak?