Analysis Of Rene Sat With Night At Bush Lake - 1463 Words

Rene sat with me in the darkness down on the dock at Bush Lake. The water was black. Soft ripples on the lake scattered what little glare shown from the streetlight on the other side of the lake. The Spring air was cool as the crickets chirped in the tall, distant grass. My friend Keith had wandered with Andrea down the path to the small peninsula where the picnic area waited in the night. The swimming beach lay on the other side of the lake. We were alone in the world. This is before the city paved the woodchip running trails along the lake, before the large houses encroached on Hyland Park, before they bulldozed the old abandoned cabin on the lakeside near Bush Lake Road. I was young enough to still feel excited when a woman sat next to me. The beer had run out, but she and I didn’t need anymore. I wanted to forget that anything existed outside of that moment in the darkness. We were alone with only the smooth wooden boards of the dock, the night air and each other for the rest of the night. I had just buried my brother a few days before. I had only a day or two left before I was to return to Camp Pendleton. A month before then, I d returned from my first deployment to Okinawa. I d been gone for half a year. When I d first arrived at Minneapolis/Saint Paul Airport three weeks earlier I d grabbed my sea bag from the baggage claim, after I d met my mom, dad and brother at the gate. I don t remember what we talked about, but I remember how strange, yet,Show MoreRelatedLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 Pagesyouve been having a good time. Yesterday you drove several hours into the area and parked in the main parking lot. Then you hiked six hours to your present campsite. The three of you carried all your food, water, sleeping bags, and tents. Last night you discovered that somebody had accidentally cracked the large water container. Now you are stuck with no water. Although there is a stream nearby, you wouldn’t normally drink from a stream, and you remember that your packets of water-sterilization