[00:00.000] 作曲 : Richard Wright[00:00.857]Dear Mr. Waters[00:04.963]Don asked me to let you know that he is in hospital now[00:08.969]And has been diagnosed with a cancer in his sinus[00:12.817]He also asked me to tell everyone that he is not answering any letters[00:18.664]Best to you[00:20.175]Don's assistant, Kendel[00:24.313]And then I wrote to Kendel[00:27.216]Dear Kendel[00:29.128]The other night in Zagreb[00:31.199]At the end of the show[00:32.504]When I sometimes wax political[00:35.848]I suddenly found myself tellina ten thousand Croats Don's One Road story[00:42.616]I had no idea if they would get it[00:47.659]When I got to the line "There is only one road in Yugoslavia"[00:55.096]They burst into loud and genuine laughter[00:57.904]I told them the rest of the story in brief, including Kirby's cancer, and reached the end[01:08.819]There is only one road[01:10.647][03:01.770]I stayed in touch with Kendel[03:05.279]She lived a couple of hundred yards down the road from the farm house[03:11.431]Somehow Don's plan for the Eagle Farm to stay in the family[03:16.705]Never worked out and it went on the market[03:19.253]Eventually, an estate sale was organized and Kendel kept me informed[03:26.990]It's a long drive[03:31.047]It was still light when we got there[03:32.938]So we went to the farm and sat on the porch[03:35.904]And chatted to a few people who were gathered there[03:40.768]Some ladies intent on protecting[03:42.955]Don's legacy[03:45.944]Determined to at least buy his red chair[03:50.240]And some other important stuff[03:54.349]I told Kendel that if it was okay with the estate[03:58.843]I would like a couple of bale hooks and some baling twine from the barn[04:02.842]She organized that[04:05.738]Thank you, sweet Kendel[04:13.976]Tears burn my eyes, my new old friend[04:22.015]My bale hooks and twine arrived a few months later[04:27.335]With a color photograph of Don with Kendel[04:31.702]They live Hooks, twine, and pic[04:41.578]Slap-bang in the middle of some beautiful shelves we have on the landing[04:42.387]In pride of place alongside some mummified dragonflies[04:47.565]And old robins' eggs[04:55.826]Treasured[05:00.234]Forever catching the rays of the dying sun[05:04.728]At that gin rumminy time of the afternoon that I love[05:08.019][05:30.048]Well, R.I.P., Donald Hall[05:38.996]And now I've arrived at the bit I was looking for[05:46.069]The Crossroads