IX. Three Men211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPlgAdUPmU
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At the edge of the cornfield laid a heap of dry stalk.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEha3kpQQy
It laid stale and dehydrated, decomposing in death.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzFoOGGWqF
It crunched beneath the man and his boots in scratchy movements,211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilEKQBFrCl
blasting him with clouds of dust.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuYDPdumSx
The dust stuck to the man’s moist skin in layers, drying his sweat in211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNO1OV5xCV5
thick coats.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4WuXhEVMa
His knobby fingers would grasp the wooden helms of his tools, one in211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9BaL1nvP2
each of his hands, and rub on the sores and blisters that were rotting211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajhBjSVgbe
away his skin.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtu4zoVBOb
He could feel the warmth his blood gave the wood of his handles,211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9vORayKGe
the warmth from the constant touch of a man’s rough hands upon them.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcewqrB7Ay
Heat had passed along his sweltering palms so that his clutch was perspiring.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTs5Su6BiUt
He was feeble and tired but he forced a solid hold around the slick instruments in hand.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ur31Sdc6u
He let warm blood flow from his wounds to the wood in his clenched211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTeygGK1RX
fist.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5utaRgaUK
The man’s eyes were red-rimmed and weary.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqm5Vkrn9d
He viewed the scene in delusional blurs.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoP0EWezzu
The hot weather baked the ears of corn, bringing puffs of sweet kernels211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QIklcgqx6
to the man’s nostrils.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMiXLi2CUM
He breathed in the earthy odor and looked upon his crop.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6EnjZv4RM
The air was boiling the ground in an aggressive blaze, grilling it so that it211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLZ8pidUqh
was pulsating visible waves of heat beneath the summit of the sun.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvuXKGTLOo
The sweltering temperatures ate away at the man like a starving mammal211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGF57RApUy
eating it’s entrails.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡik8lXqzlMM
The heat enveloped every part of him until he went mad.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fo8a5nzvN
His overworked spirit became possessed with insanity.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUM9fhRWPh
His mind ran wild with dementia and so the man became three men,211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjymZD0njUO
three figures, three figments of his own rancid mind.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxiKBuXxUO
These three men were as real as the farmer was real to himself.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdnvXZYRxu
The one man became those three men.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZJNudlkXB
The first man was wailing horribly loud sobs and groaning in misery.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡol7PLsqJOW
He was a vision of pain.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKULf8HsOh
In black robes that settled around his cradled position, the first man211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjVz9lHmRu
cried in the dirt.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlseTgY5xZm
He bawled in utter hopelessness, unaware of anything other than the211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcIhgGCLVo
deep rooted suffering at the core of his very being.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡca0CVvt1wg
Streaking down his filthy face was black fluid that seeped from his eyes211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmbzStWphP
like tears, staining his sight so that all he could see was darkness.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25Zw9NzOFs
He did nothing but howl and moan in fits of melancholic torture.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5UFA8JNxr
He could channel no hope and no desire in his agonized mind, for the211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogfHHIWNbw
aching of this soul brought down all of his defenses,211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cF4mhg2mu
like a vicious illness fashioned to make the greatest men fall into the211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4qZH02Pbj
arms of anguish.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVShSIbxMeC
All that first man understood was a squirming shade of man’s melancholy.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oXfV4f2Cn
Ripped open and maimed, he grieved his torment in convulsions of sorrow.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVo8nS6ZwTm
The second man stood behind the first, holding a sickle, the iron shaped211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AhhnpBO9W
in a curve like a crescent moon.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HwAmlOa5q
He had the most familiar resemblance of the man who owned the plot.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkMroKt3wR
He was stark naked in the scorching air, bare in all aspects, for he wore211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLJXMRYSMn
no emotion upon his brow.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLUdlo73mY
His legs gave him a poised balance and he was god-like, sculpted and211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EmQT8JiKX
morphed in the name of perfection.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6ioI4QaEw
He was the essence of composure.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmG5PHowVFx
He peered down and through the lines of growth and he observed the211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWL8g2E5eX
weeping man with a deadpan expression.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zBcXHq05H
His impassive eyes swept over the land in scrutiny.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxwMWUkZ7F
He said nothing for his stony disposition offered nothing to be said.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaoHETGhdM
Like an ancient statue, the second man stood wise and regal.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ioy4fbtiD
He was still and calm, an image of equanimity.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFq7D2LuTW
The third man was the most peculiar.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98GObzUvHo
Standing in tower over the other two men, the third man held a scythe.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaOH4lN8ZP
The tall blade of his weapon jutt from out the wooden staff, angled211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lhcx8Nawm
crosswise behind the third man’s withered body.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXjRFeVzh5
When he raised his scythe you would see his rib bones present themselves, like clenched fingers of a skeleton.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjZULN4ZGm
He would carve down the rows of corn in swift, ordered movements211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsDbXZOylI
with his blade, progressing his unshod steps in stride.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWng1erNlHi
He carried out his artistry in habitual repetition, carving a massacre211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPadiCvs1I
through continuous resolution.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wiMwpY0zg
He was the epitome of death.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFlZ8bNcR4
His bare feet were mangled and hairy and his toes were long like fingers,211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeVvRHcmc5
digging themselves into the soil like hooks beneath his crooked stance.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqedcT5XAn
Clad in ratty, black cloth, his trousers reached his waistline and latched211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnEce91ULp
onto his hips, hiding the broken stance his misshapen legs would reveal.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fLsFZUU7v
His chest and stomach were freakishly collapsed, as all the bones beneath his skin were out of place, presenting a very disfigured form of211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSDNPpiXXs
man.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3A4EdoWFJ
Dark dirt and blood smeared against his blistering skin, skin that slowly211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJCgv3yFYi
peeled away in deterioration.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYlzNgAndg
Most disturbing was that this third man had no face.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3Sx6wlvKq
His skin molded over where a man’s eyes and nose and mouth would be.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7q41L7kfv
He had no ears and no hair.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQBLOouh52
Beneath the foul skin that enclosed the the third man was but a body of211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdvf4Y19yJ
meat.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblm3ngWLKd
He displayed the shadow of man against the harsh sunlight211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1lMzdYyqy
but he was a soulless creature with a flesh crust.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZdQXefhth
All that accompanied his callous head was subtle lumps and bumps in211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYFlQrBEnT
complexion, giving rise to mounds of undeveloped features.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4kA0i8JN3
In this aspect, this third man was no man at all, but a mere presence.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhJ1LBpkKO
His senseless existence conditioned his absence from the realities the211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABlBerUGpw
other two men experienced.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iyeDvhzpJ
He was forevermore detached from the world entirely.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjLVAK49ds
The three men seized the stalk in increments, harvesting their work in211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhKSH7mwTy
three fold one man’s time.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wvdEJhBF4
They haunched over the field, decrypted and aged far beyond their211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqdXge2uSR
years,211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNkAMaOfTr
weak and on the brink of death,211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡql8qYxk0xr
until finally they raked in their collection of completion.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zUAUdof7b
The three men then fell towards one another until they became one211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ALmzs05nb
man,211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARBeQby1Vt
and that one man stared upon the fresh yield of crop.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrKrkjt8tt
He had gone through the harvest in a deranged case of brotherhood,211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzMLEbDaBR
cutting the field barren in an unending heat.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaiX1urlfF
He stared at his strong accomplishment, looking upon the disheveled211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8BGCW1jLh
mounds of soil that he had bred and grew.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYw7SfbPTW
He thought of when the roots of his corn first raised their stems in211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaO4G2pncY
spout,211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpBIpwEvbA
protruding tall legs of corn that stretched their tassels to the sky.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuNUxSxlA6
He thought of when the ears of corn first brought their short silk211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdB5DxcHYpz
strands to caress his rough skin.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdTWHfQQio
He remembered their birth and honored how they had come to their211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyT9Ym4O4Pn
death.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVHuMwIR7l
He laid himself in a pile of leaves against the newly cut plants and he211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeJ9XPa79B
closed his eyelids,211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF4Yq3Vfcx
allowing his passing to overtake him if it so wished.211Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyaxBJbjxc
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