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Cerpen Pecel Lele

Kisah ini saya kutip dari buku. ”Bahagianya Merayakan Cinta” karya Salim A Fillah.

Suatu hari ada seorang lelaki, yang ikut antri di warung pecel lele didaerah Monjali. Mendung bergantung sore itu, dan warna hitam yang menyeruak d ibarat mulai bergerak mendekat. Dia, berkaos putih yang leherannya mulai geripis, dikepalanya ada pecis putih yang kecil, dan celananya beberapa senti diatas mata kaki. Sandal jepit swallow yang talinya hampir putus nyangkut diantara jempol dan jari kakinya. Seperti yang lain ia juga memesan,

”Pecel Lele, Mas!”

”Berapa?” Tanya Mas penjual yang asyik menguleg sambal terasi sambil sesekali meraih sothil besar untuk membalik gorengan lele di wajan raksasa. Gemuruh bunyi kompor mengharuskan orang berbicara sedikit lebih keras.

”Satu. Dibungkus..”

Perlahan tangannya merogoh saku celana, lalu duduk sembari menghitung uangnya. Malu malu, tangannya dijorokkan sedikit ke bawah meja. Uang pecahan ratusan sudah disatukan dengan selotip bening per sepuluhan keping, pas jumlahnya sesuai harga.

”Nggak makan sini aja Mas? Takut keburu hujan ya?”

”Hihi, buat Istri”

”Oo..”

Selesai perjalanan dibungkus, bersamaan dengan bunyi keritik yang mulai menggambar titik-titik basah di tenda terpal milik Mas Pecel Lele. Agak berlari ia keluar, tetapi melebatnya sang hujan jauh lebih cepat dari tapak-tapak kecilnya. Khawatir pecel lele untuk istri tercinta yang hanya dibungkus kertas akan berkuah, ia selipkan masuk ke perutnya. Bungkusan itu ia rengkuh erat dengan tangan kanan, tersembunyi dibalik kaos putih yang mulai transparan disapu air. Tangan kirinya keatas, mencoba melindungi kepalanya dari terpaan ganas hujan yang tercurah memukul-mukul. Saat itu ia sadar, ia ambil pecisnya. Ia pakai juga untuk melapisi bungkusan pecel lele.

Huff, lumayan aman sekarang. Tetapi 3 kilometer bukanlah jarak yang dekat untuk berjalan ditengah hujan, bukan?

~~~

Sahabat, apa perasaan anda ketika membaca kisah lelaki ini? Kasihan. Iba. Miris. Sedih.

Itu kan anda! Coba tanyakan pada laki-laki itu, kalau anda bertemu. Oh, sungguh berbeda. Betapa berbunga hatinya. Dadanya dipenuhi heroisme sebagai suami yang baru yang penuh perjuangan untuk membelikan penyambung hayat istri tercinta. Jiwanya dipenuhi getaran kebanggaan, keharuan, dan kegembiraan. Kebahagiaan seolah tak terbatas, menyelam begitu dalam di kebeningan matanya. Ia membayangkan senyum yang menantinya, bagai bayangan surga yang terus terhidupkan di rumah petak kontrakannya.

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