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Eugene Roejumps out of the train. He takes his small green bag in his hand. He stands in the train station. Hundreds of people walks past him. Some of them give him respectful looks because of his uniform. He looks at them. He feels confused. Dizzy. Their so many. They look so happy. So healthy. Proper,clean clothing. He slowly starts to walk towards the exit. He have to get out. He need fresh air.

Heget out on the street. Moore people. Cars. He listens but he hear no gun shots. No cries for help or medic. He feels lost. He doesnt know what to do. Cant remember what to do. It was such a long time since he was in his home town.. He hardly remembers the way home. Do he still have a home? The sun shines brightly in his eyes. He cant see so he turns his back on it. He starts to walk.

He walks past a restaurang. A store. A cafe. He can smell coffe. It was a long time since he drank real coffe so he goes inside and orders a small cup. He sits down by the window and watches the peole who walks outside. A couple of girls who sit at the table next to him giggles and flirts with him. But he doesnt care. He can't care. Its like he no longer can feel. He wonders if there's something wrong with him. He takes a sip of the coffe but it tastes like shit.

He gets out of the cafe. All the movements around him gives him a head ache. Ones again he gets dizzy. He see a hotel sign. It looks crapy but he have to rest. Get some privacy. He cheks in and gets room number 45. the keyring is green and light. He unlocks the small brown door and enteres a small room with grey walls. The room is silent but his ears are ringing. He sits down on the old bed. He leans his head into his hands and wonders:

" am i crazy?"

He listens hard. He hear nothing but the ringing sound in his ears. No guns. No screaming. No bombing. He realizes he is home. America. The war is over.

He feel empty. What is he supposed to do? Settle down? Get a job? He wonders how that would happen.

"can i be normal again? Can i be me again?"

He lays down. He already knows the answer on that question. No... He is gone.

He closes his eyes and he feels as if for the first time in many, many years he falls asleep.


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