Cities of the Red Night
“I woke up with something cold on my chest. A doctor was sitting by my bed with a stethoscope.
“Hello there, young guy,” he said when I opened my eyes.
A naval officer stood beside the doctor, looking down at me. I could feel a cast around my neck. The doctor turned to the other officer: “Heart’s sound as a gold dollar. Should be out of the cast in a week.”
The officer looked down at me from some stinker of a battleship film: “If you feel like that again, son, go see the shrink or the chaplain.”...
“Would someone show me my face in a mirror?”
The doctor held a hand mirror in front of me. A shock of recognition. Familiar young face. Red hair.
“Just wanted to be sure I was still there.”
The doctor and the officer laughed, and I heard the door close. The face looked at me from the foot of the bed.
“Hello. I’m Jimmy Lee. You’re Jerry. We’re identical twins. I’m in the medics, you’re in communications. U.S. Navy, six years’ service. Depressed over the death of your pet monkey, you tried to hang yourself.MoreLess
“Hello there, young guy,” he said when I opened my eyes.
A naval officer stood beside the doctor, looking down at me. I could feel a cast around my neck. The doctor turned to the other officer: “Heart’s sound as a gold dollar. Should be out of the cast in a week.”
The officer looked down at me from some stinker of a battleship film: “If you feel like that again, son, go see the shrink or the chaplain.”...
“Would someone show me my face in a mirror?”
The doctor held a hand mirror in front of me. A shock of recognition. Familiar young face. Red hair.
“Just wanted to be sure I was still there.”
The doctor and the officer laughed, and I heard the door close. The face looked at me from the foot of the bed.
“Hello. I’m Jimmy Lee. You’re Jerry. We’re identical twins. I’m in the medics, you’re in communications. U.S. Navy, six years’ service. Depressed over the death of your pet monkey, you tried to hang yourself.MoreLess
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