"Why so many people?" the boy asked the man
"2 celebrate our victory, victory in the sand."
"Why so many flags?" the boy did inquire
"2 show that there is no way that we could get higher."
The boy thought long and hard about what the man had said
"Then why are U cryin'?" the boy asked as the man turned red
"My boy didn't come back, and it's all because of Norm."
The boy then thought, "So, this is what it's like After The Storm."
Copyright 1990 Steven Stone