Almost Heaven

Alfred Jones, the personification of the United States of America, is done.

He is done with all of the other countries. He is done with being called names all of the time.

Overall, America is done with his life. He is tired of being the laughingstock of the world. He is tired of trying to pretend everything is okay . . .

Because it's not. Everything is not okay.

So what does America do when he is confronted and his false smiles and webs upon webs of lies start to deteriorate?

Simple - he runs away. He runs away to the last place that anybody would expect to find him. He runs away from his responsibilities, because he simply cannot handle them anymore.

America runs away from the world, and, in doing so, manages to find a light where he thought there would be none. But would this light be enough to help America?