IX. Three Men171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuWby5qlB8
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At the edge of the cornfield laid a heap of dry stalk.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPtOIlqHgq
It laid stale and dehydrated, decomposing in death.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdnVpl66hb
It crunched beneath the man and his boots in scratchy movements,171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatbJmAmV0n
blasting him with clouds of dust.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4qsjrZfPm
The dust stuck to the man’s moist skin in layers, drying his sweat in171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxsk3ZbGmh
thick coats.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWCLU0QQVF
His knobby fingers would grasp the wooden helms of his tools, one in171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbMwiS4vtT
each of his hands, and rub on the sores and blisters that were rotting171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6lwCgzytc
away his skin.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFn7E8FHCz
He could feel the warmth his blood gave the wood of his handles,171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrixPMS57f
the warmth from the constant touch of a man’s rough hands upon them.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaSPjueMrr
Heat had passed along his sweltering palms so that his clutch was perspiring.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMa28LKHvVu
He was feeble and tired but he forced a solid hold around the slick instruments in hand.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYU17lBfXK4
He let warm blood flow from his wounds to the wood in his clenched171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7xSiZYukR
fist.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMcZ7ZxNJ7
The man’s eyes were red-rimmed and weary.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPKTlerZIm
He viewed the scene in delusional blurs.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugKUA0evA5
The hot weather baked the ears of corn, bringing puffs of sweet kernels171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr59KlYRrVb
to the man’s nostrils.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozLNRTq9eB
He breathed in the earthy odor and looked upon his crop.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8WiIC8X42
The air was boiling the ground in an aggressive blaze, grilling it so that it171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJCrEtJ87q
was pulsating visible waves of heat beneath the summit of the sun.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84Sca28rBa
The sweltering temperatures ate away at the man like a starving mammal171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30in0wIZdZ
eating it’s entrails.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQhCQPTlbU
The heat enveloped every part of him until he went mad.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiXMNx6G7q
His overworked spirit became possessed with insanity.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcGIibK1eo
His mind ran wild with dementia and so the man became three men,171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBKf96IPWB
three figures, three figments of his own rancid mind.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVJq2bdJO7
These three men were as real as the farmer was real to himself.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NlB0vBkps
The one man became those three men.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasIAdbZdKU
The first man was wailing horribly loud sobs and groaning in misery.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6MNzWv6XX
He was a vision of pain.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVIaS8TD9r
In black robes that settled around his cradled position, the first man171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6nIRBYwwy
cried in the dirt.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULqH0r6QxJ
He bawled in utter hopelessness, unaware of anything other than the171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsv2g7ji0Xr
deep rooted suffering at the core of his very being.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70xuctgDSS
Streaking down his filthy face was black fluid that seeped from his eyes171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjepv0A1iz
like tears, staining his sight so that all he could see was darkness.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIsndqpXTf
He did nothing but howl and moan in fits of melancholic torture.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bYdRVRX1Q
He could channel no hope and no desire in his agonized mind, for the171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBwgbtAumQ
aching of this soul brought down all of his defenses,171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dtPdLKVUt
like a vicious illness fashioned to make the greatest men fall into the171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjUE4GFYvT
arms of anguish.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYgvtMoJPA
All that first man understood was a squirming shade of man’s melancholy.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDaifgTe01
Ripped open and maimed, he grieved his torment in convulsions of sorrow.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOWRxP9XOq
The second man stood behind the first, holding a sickle, the iron shaped171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrqScOw8V8
in a curve like a crescent moon.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5i7jMCLYkE
He had the most familiar resemblance of the man who owned the plot.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBc51uIDXua
He was stark naked in the scorching air, bare in all aspects, for he wore171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nA4JK7Y6F
no emotion upon his brow.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIf8buEczQn
His legs gave him a poised balance and he was god-like, sculpted and171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSOg0BAHj3
morphed in the name of perfection.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y3SvbmD5T
He was the essence of composure.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbftt0xj2Fl
He peered down and through the lines of growth and he observed the171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSerT0KtOVd
weeping man with a deadpan expression.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUFeQFNLwT
His impassive eyes swept over the land in scrutiny.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59tcle1hFJ
He said nothing for his stony disposition offered nothing to be said.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNOsNXXhYp
Like an ancient statue, the second man stood wise and regal.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4ugSj36Sb
He was still and calm, an image of equanimity.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnnmdgTYW1
The third man was the most peculiar.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfuz8jxAzF
Standing in tower over the other two men, the third man held a scythe.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDahCfZGmvc
The tall blade of his weapon jutt from out the wooden staff, angled171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyb5YORwQD
crosswise behind the third man’s withered body.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qKz12ARhZ
When he raised his scythe you would see his rib bones present themselves, like clenched fingers of a skeleton.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0PikA6fIF
He would carve down the rows of corn in swift, ordered movements171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rPZlPKZaO
with his blade, progressing his unshod steps in stride.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUoapkdewx
He carried out his artistry in habitual repetition, carving a massacre171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix6Cmx1zqA
through continuous resolution.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LU6tHkhCP
He was the epitome of death.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiTkt37goB
His bare feet were mangled and hairy and his toes were long like fingers,171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMXtTY9V1L
digging themselves into the soil like hooks beneath his crooked stance.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1h1R9ZSlWM
Clad in ratty, black cloth, his trousers reached his waistline and latched171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrZ2Ba7IRH
onto his hips, hiding the broken stance his misshapen legs would reveal.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cAzgtX0gP
His chest and stomach were freakishly collapsed, as all the bones beneath his skin were out of place, presenting a very disfigured form of171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG61HjnO0f9
man.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2ASAbuntf
Dark dirt and blood smeared against his blistering skin, skin that slowly171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIq1sFKIPM9
peeled away in deterioration.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfWbQNtRWK
Most disturbing was that this third man had no face.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gvUHPI9NA
His skin molded over where a man’s eyes and nose and mouth would be.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2JPMONlca
He had no ears and no hair.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCj9wCfAlj
Beneath the foul skin that enclosed the the third man was but a body of171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5padaHrPN
meat.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZ0o7LWVHN
He displayed the shadow of man against the harsh sunlight171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdRmzOlzv2
but he was a soulless creature with a flesh crust.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaTPFPmI6I
All that accompanied his callous head was subtle lumps and bumps in171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKK1YCrjiP
complexion, giving rise to mounds of undeveloped features.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFlO2jPqqc
In this aspect, this third man was no man at all, but a mere presence.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeL7D40TPrH
His senseless existence conditioned his absence from the realities the171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcx7Hu6Hxm
other two men experienced.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YVXrF2hOa
He was forevermore detached from the world entirely.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWep732baA
The three men seized the stalk in increments, harvesting their work in171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0eovGac7q
three fold one man’s time.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0TQeagvWx
They haunched over the field, decrypted and aged far beyond their171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTUGmT2zRw
years,171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcPB7Nbm1C
weak and on the brink of death,171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQHK8cTakH
until finally they raked in their collection of completion.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBJdQvazVS
The three men then fell towards one another until they became one171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOStf6CSbre
man,171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5Q08zxnXF
and that one man stared upon the fresh yield of crop.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIREakrqxh
He had gone through the harvest in a deranged case of brotherhood,171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3bKKbtksk
cutting the field barren in an unending heat.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAzuw0SUvS
He stared at his strong accomplishment, looking upon the disheveled171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCycs8a454r
mounds of soil that he had bred and grew.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zxQcqqdq9
He thought of when the roots of his corn first raised their stems in171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwVWBNKIBu
spout,171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLNA1RwBkL
protruding tall legs of corn that stretched their tassels to the sky.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0clx11nTwX
He thought of when the ears of corn first brought their short silk171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEhdmohl6f
strands to caress his rough skin.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NqJGZTWHP
He remembered their birth and honored how they had come to their171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYRGOnuZe2
death.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDj5GUpGKFy
He laid himself in a pile of leaves against the newly cut plants and he171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRCUXExOpt
closed his eyelids,171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3se3bprncc
allowing his passing to overtake him if it so wished.171Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uMUkOGKHv
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