low grey sky
occasional fine rain
scudding clouds
wind loud in the trees
Wind usually means something but I am not sure what here. Not dramatic but worth recording if those who have left will never see Earth again.
The last man left sees:
a flame and gold sunset
the distant sea
the chapel
family graves
darkness
stars too bright
- and hears:
wind talking in the trees
a bird like a crying child
too much silence
The story ends with Kormt having a bad trip but maybe he will regain his equanimity in the decade or two that are left to him? A quiet and restful story apart from its closing note.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I think you overlooked Anderson's AFTER DOOMSDAY, in which Earth was destroyed by a faction from among an alien race.
Ad astra! Sean
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