the bad fortune of an innocent man

recently i met an old man named marty. he was short and very tired looking. i sat beside him on a bus ride. about an hour into the ride we begin speaking to one another. he told me all about his adventures and he told me how he came to be on that bus at that moment. he used to live in richmond but he was evicted from his apartment for being a nazi in the war. he then told me that he had been a soldier but only to survive and not be killed and about his fiance who was a jew and how one day she was shipped to his camp. the guards found out about him and the girl being married when he saw him hold her hand and give her a blanket. the guard then held the gun to his girls head and shot her. right in front of him. he held her until the guard slapped him with his pistol and dragged his wife away. he is now going to new york to try and find some peace.