5/9/2023 0 Comments James romm dying every day![]() The distant mountains seemed nearer than I could ever remember. To the east and to the west everything was flattened. ![]() Hiroshima was no longer a city, but a burnt-over prairie. ![]() With no alternative but to endure the iodine, I tried to divert myself by looking out the window. She had begun to paint my wounds with iodine and no amount of entreaty would make her stop. Miss Kado finished the examination, and in a moment it felt as if my chest was on fire. Indeed, one thing was common to everyone I saw-complete silence. An old woman lay near me with an expression of suffering on her face but she made no sound. ![]() But then I saw a naked man, and it occurred to me that, like myself, some strange thing had deprived them of their clothes. A naked woman carrying a naked baby came into view. These people puzzled me until I suddenly realized that they had been burned and were holding their arms out to prevent the painful friction of raw surfaces rubbing together. Others moved as though in pain, like scarecrows, their arms held out from their bodies with forearms and hands dangling. There were the shadowy forms of people, some of whom looked like walking ghosts. Gradually things around me came into focus. ![]() How odd! Where were my drawers and undershirt? To my surprise I discovered that I was completely naked. A profound weakness overcame me, so I stopped to regain my strength. ![]()
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