Chapter 8: All Alone
Homer spent 10 years at the Springfield prison for killing Bart. Once his time was up, he was set free. However, the community still was not very happy with Homer. He drove back home to his old home to see if Marge would like to live with him again. Unfortunately, Marge was not in any mood to speak to Homer. She was also very frail, and could not move around much. She was planning to move in with her sisters Patty and Selma.
Homer went next door to Ned Flanders' house. He knocked on the door and waited for Flanders to answer. "Howdy diddily," Flanders announced cheerfully, until he saw Homer. "Oh, it's you. The man who buried his son in my lawn." His tone of voice changed from super-cheerful to angry.
"Don't you ever get sick?" Homer asked, noticing that Flanders was still in tip-top shape.
"Don't change the subject. All of Springfield is still mad at you for killing Bart and keeping it a secret for so long," Flanders said. He shut the door in his face. Homer walked off, starting to head for Moe's. "And don't think about going to Moe's," Flanders said. He must have read Homer's mind. "You have been banned from there, as well as everywhere else in Springfield!"
Sadly, Homer walked down the metallic street. Nobody would be nice to him ever again, and he was all alone. As he left Springfield, he passed by newspapers on the ground that announced that Mr. Burns and Mr. Smithers had taken over the world. Burns was discovered to be the anti-Christ, and he was about to cause great havoc.
Since no one was nice to Homer, he had no place to go. Homer had already left Springfield. He looked back one last time, remembering the good times and memories he had until killing Bart. He realized that those times would never come for him again, and he had to suffer with it. Homer walked along the highway, kicking a can that had been tossed on the ground. He began kicking into a forest, where he found a large clearing where he could lie down and rest. He didn't feel like living much longer. Nobody liked him, Burns had taken over the Earth, and he'd killed his son. "Take me now, Lord," Homer prayed. Then, he fell asleep on the ground.
A few days later, Marge, Lisa, Maggie, Patty, and Selma had gathered in the Springfield church with several other of Homer's ex-friends. They stood around a brown coffin. Inside laid Homer's body. Homer had passed away several days earlier from reasons unknown. The preacher read Homer's eulogy as the family cried. At the end, he said, "Near the end, Homer lived with a regret that was a burden for him the rest of his life."