AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT ATOMIZED IN PREMATURE
EXPLOSION OF ATOMIC STOCKPILE. LOS ANGELES,
LONDON BOMBED. WAR. COME HOME. COME HOME.
COME HOME.
They stood up from their tables.
COME HOME. COME HOME. COME HOME.
“Have you heard from your brother Ted this year?”
“You know. With mail rates five bucks a letter to Earth, I don’t write much.”
COME HOME.
“I’ve been wondering about Jane; you remember Jane, my kid sister?”
COME HOME.
At three in the chilly morning the luggage-store proprietor glanced up. A lot of people were coming down the street.
“Stayed open late on purpose. What’ll it be, mister?”
By dawn the luggage was gone from his shelves.