IX. Three Men205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zt0gwliuU
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At the edge of the cornfield laid a heap of dry stalk.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYs3c6sW0i
It laid stale and dehydrated, decomposing in death.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSrC4X7RXY
It crunched beneath the man and his boots in scratchy movements,205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvYkBKYxI0
blasting him with clouds of dust.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCzttcpthP
The dust stuck to the man’s moist skin in layers, drying his sweat in205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1GWGLKDwg
thick coats.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuG0DkjGzn
His knobby fingers would grasp the wooden helms of his tools, one in205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm4hqNI3yN
each of his hands, and rub on the sores and blisters that were rotting205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2OL7mPr6O
away his skin.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt29ad1gb1
He could feel the warmth his blood gave the wood of his handles,205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BgqOmIJqX
the warmth from the constant touch of a man’s rough hands upon them.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijgrN3oCwP
Heat had passed along his sweltering palms so that his clutch was perspiring.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyndtMypsO
He was feeble and tired but he forced a solid hold around the slick instruments in hand.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Wbv5VqTVb
He let warm blood flow from his wounds to the wood in his clenched205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7u9G15qsbr
fist.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AzmEEvVMf
The man’s eyes were red-rimmed and weary.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChZJjwEQsW
He viewed the scene in delusional blurs.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOZNLPBYhr
The hot weather baked the ears of corn, bringing puffs of sweet kernels205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkozf9ExNG
to the man’s nostrils.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JeyvBQlEk
He breathed in the earthy odor and looked upon his crop.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJt92N9jQR
The air was boiling the ground in an aggressive blaze, grilling it so that it205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONfVO0pLWR
was pulsating visible waves of heat beneath the summit of the sun.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jk3otYAX5
The sweltering temperatures ate away at the man like a starving mammal205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiDhhztTFN
eating it’s entrails.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkJWRZ7TXs
The heat enveloped every part of him until he went mad.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEb9ZCpgDlt
His overworked spirit became possessed with insanity.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FziKsBEH2
His mind ran wild with dementia and so the man became three men,205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nUIEnvvsT
three figures, three figments of his own rancid mind.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9R7z3JYiD
These three men were as real as the farmer was real to himself.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgSQ797ZQt
The one man became those three men.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhUncTSrzq
The first man was wailing horribly loud sobs and groaning in misery.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdALmdkO2p
He was a vision of pain.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGMFuxTPCv
In black robes that settled around his cradled position, the first man205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ANbOnamgb
cried in the dirt.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfBJoY2B3F
He bawled in utter hopelessness, unaware of anything other than the205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6ogTAm1gs
deep rooted suffering at the core of his very being.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUOAc3isl4
Streaking down his filthy face was black fluid that seeped from his eyes205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHYFZDp84X
like tears, staining his sight so that all he could see was darkness.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnd5Af8tc9
He did nothing but howl and moan in fits of melancholic torture.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6VprjHWUL
He could channel no hope and no desire in his agonized mind, for the205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzevQXHLGO
aching of this soul brought down all of his defenses,205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX9X1tqmcQ
like a vicious illness fashioned to make the greatest men fall into the205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4b96eBMww
arms of anguish.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡligQHfJv7O
All that first man understood was a squirming shade of man’s melancholy.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnphX2pm52z
Ripped open and maimed, he grieved his torment in convulsions of sorrow.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7r2PkDXCP
The second man stood behind the first, holding a sickle, the iron shaped205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDkYQZhOUt
in a curve like a crescent moon.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DZuHm7Imr
He had the most familiar resemblance of the man who owned the plot.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFo3KXvCBDh
He was stark naked in the scorching air, bare in all aspects, for he wore205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaEn6ix9zH
no emotion upon his brow.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrS4rafEhOT
His legs gave him a poised balance and he was god-like, sculpted and205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgfJQxk2nn
morphed in the name of perfection.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOztgBN3CGb
He was the essence of composure.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdqbP7d1ud
He peered down and through the lines of growth and he observed the205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghw27dsVPF
weeping man with a deadpan expression.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs229iMsobS
His impassive eyes swept over the land in scrutiny.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWI118FqMZ
He said nothing for his stony disposition offered nothing to be said.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgs6AqCl6WQ
Like an ancient statue, the second man stood wise and regal.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWVHC71jzQ
He was still and calm, an image of equanimity.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniwPXdLrxZ
The third man was the most peculiar.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKfKvnyn5f
Standing in tower over the other two men, the third man held a scythe.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoyzSYHVFU
The tall blade of his weapon jutt from out the wooden staff, angled205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe1JWpcbLg
crosswise behind the third man’s withered body.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYScOwbpDeJ
When he raised his scythe you would see his rib bones present themselves, like clenched fingers of a skeleton.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa28V0QePyB
He would carve down the rows of corn in swift, ordered movements205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEjmbwkfkd
with his blade, progressing his unshod steps in stride.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZD9F1LT54
He carried out his artistry in habitual repetition, carving a massacre205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEor6rjKXgQ
through continuous resolution.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAlPPbckFo
He was the epitome of death.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N2Lnix7ap
His bare feet were mangled and hairy and his toes were long like fingers,205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk65XqODKM
digging themselves into the soil like hooks beneath his crooked stance.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVatHTmvoa6
Clad in ratty, black cloth, his trousers reached his waistline and latched205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuy8jG7KNbk
onto his hips, hiding the broken stance his misshapen legs would reveal.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1Toc9pTxS
His chest and stomach were freakishly collapsed, as all the bones beneath his skin were out of place, presenting a very disfigured form of205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpz4BNeaOmE
man.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgT8U3EzUMN
Dark dirt and blood smeared against his blistering skin, skin that slowly205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfE7jpDiwWp
peeled away in deterioration.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhV3CiXNsw
Most disturbing was that this third man had no face.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMvEujz8Yr
His skin molded over where a man’s eyes and nose and mouth would be.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2pW1RsyhN
He had no ears and no hair.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZauadg92Ra
Beneath the foul skin that enclosed the the third man was but a body of205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRBZM1wZPl
meat.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTJ8gb1XCY
He displayed the shadow of man against the harsh sunlight205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMglvjxu6x
but he was a soulless creature with a flesh crust.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cElhUGrLd
All that accompanied his callous head was subtle lumps and bumps in205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6f5dcyCv3Y
complexion, giving rise to mounds of undeveloped features.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKzOJVwpsk
In this aspect, this third man was no man at all, but a mere presence.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHSUMak5DP
His senseless existence conditioned his absence from the realities the205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBuVHGoAXg
other two men experienced.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkuPADi3Nx
He was forevermore detached from the world entirely.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuic5oRUjRC
The three men seized the stalk in increments, harvesting their work in205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJ0An7mEbg
three fold one man’s time.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nuw0FoEpT
They haunched over the field, decrypted and aged far beyond their205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm546vHnIud
years,205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVIDtipjNl
weak and on the brink of death,205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAPkCqb9cb
until finally they raked in their collection of completion.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEwdEUgche
The three men then fell towards one another until they became one205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqXvTuPhhi
man,205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGmZCW9tvr
and that one man stared upon the fresh yield of crop.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZq0ccVzv0
He had gone through the harvest in a deranged case of brotherhood,205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGppnvaWWd
cutting the field barren in an unending heat.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2dBejIU5t
He stared at his strong accomplishment, looking upon the disheveled205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18DSpUBkcT
mounds of soil that he had bred and grew.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tfAL2odW5
He thought of when the roots of his corn first raised their stems in205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkigAx8raG
spout,205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0v4kWdxsMl
protruding tall legs of corn that stretched their tassels to the sky.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJRBSclEzl
He thought of when the ears of corn first brought their short silk205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKX07gAMGq
strands to caress his rough skin.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVOFRntQ7q
He remembered their birth and honored how they had come to their205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQiKKCTkis
death.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEO9AytDTH
He laid himself in a pile of leaves against the newly cut plants and he205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9HEATFNr5
closed his eyelids,205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYojbHtUAxg
allowing his passing to overtake him if it so wished.205Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B3PxvCnrI
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