However, the sordid and bleak reality behind the self-made publicity that the latter-day doomed couple generates (through poetry and photos) is also revealed.He foolishly hopes to gamble with the racehorse o win money to save their situation.The upset Judy thinks he will "gamble away" their happiness on a longshot, by giving up his voice lessons and a career in radio.Fireworks ("sky flowers") were exploded to keep the zombies looking up and staring at them ("Stenches can't keep their eyes off them"), while the humans patroled through their streets." Nancy still asserted that Rod didn't kill Tina and that he didn't hang himself.She asserted that someone was seeking revenge from beyond he grave to murder them: "It's this guy, he's after us in our dreams.