IX. Three Men206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKcTGnNMWP
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At the edge of the cornfield laid a heap of dry stalk.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrQpLVDHxP
It laid stale and dehydrated, decomposing in death.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IE9bBwWNQ
It crunched beneath the man and his boots in scratchy movements,206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡes7E6CX93x
blasting him with clouds of dust.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyfXWzpcIw
The dust stuck to the man’s moist skin in layers, drying his sweat in206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuut1EjGeSI
thick coats.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9W9mC6jYL
His knobby fingers would grasp the wooden helms of his tools, one in206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGR3ix24A4j
each of his hands, and rub on the sores and blisters that were rotting206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYR5LFMaeG
away his skin.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClkNlSM6w3
He could feel the warmth his blood gave the wood of his handles,206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwRIM3GtWz
the warmth from the constant touch of a man’s rough hands upon them.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt75K0EEWhn
Heat had passed along his sweltering palms so that his clutch was perspiring.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdnJARfaBy
He was feeble and tired but he forced a solid hold around the slick instruments in hand.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJP6xAT1HTd
He let warm blood flow from his wounds to the wood in his clenched206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VnnhcFe02
fist.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmUgsHOQlS
The man’s eyes were red-rimmed and weary.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZrNdTFIVj
He viewed the scene in delusional blurs.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11oAbpPNzm
The hot weather baked the ears of corn, bringing puffs of sweet kernels206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1tvUTCNM5
to the man’s nostrils.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx44rVt99V3
He breathed in the earthy odor and looked upon his crop.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJ9de1Uac6
The air was boiling the ground in an aggressive blaze, grilling it so that it206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPwGsEdMBD
was pulsating visible waves of heat beneath the summit of the sun.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRBXw8WChf
The sweltering temperatures ate away at the man like a starving mammal206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0b81KCnxp
eating it’s entrails.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFMfnjhjRC
The heat enveloped every part of him until he went mad.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN54gitA6ui
His overworked spirit became possessed with insanity.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jmZubZO6H
His mind ran wild with dementia and so the man became three men,206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6j3N42D3VZ
three figures, three figments of his own rancid mind.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIRQswmBed
These three men were as real as the farmer was real to himself.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡod74y0I7HP
The one man became those three men.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaDAj0WHTZ
The first man was wailing horribly loud sobs and groaning in misery.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawEp3z9FMN
He was a vision of pain.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xXxJSCAsH
In black robes that settled around his cradled position, the first man206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUh8AcCdQD4
cried in the dirt.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeFDqvc8tz
He bawled in utter hopelessness, unaware of anything other than the206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfmNwQxjOY
deep rooted suffering at the core of his very being.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr835d536MS
Streaking down his filthy face was black fluid that seeped from his eyes206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLSwkZjGOw
like tears, staining his sight so that all he could see was darkness.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLH8pNqtQy
He did nothing but howl and moan in fits of melancholic torture.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdHT9KiIO6
He could channel no hope and no desire in his agonized mind, for the206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisoVfh8r1r
aching of this soul brought down all of his defenses,206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Y9Jbuv2NP
like a vicious illness fashioned to make the greatest men fall into the206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKggV6OtxW
arms of anguish.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqnZAyopvl
All that first man understood was a squirming shade of man’s melancholy.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXf4dcrdmrX
Ripped open and maimed, he grieved his torment in convulsions of sorrow.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWvLV0cr2O
The second man stood behind the first, holding a sickle, the iron shaped206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlb7H3ydoEn
in a curve like a crescent moon.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1mNFUYw91
He had the most familiar resemblance of the man who owned the plot.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgctu0xXTg
He was stark naked in the scorching air, bare in all aspects, for he wore206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuYgLcQZvI
no emotion upon his brow.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtQH9BKQBo
His legs gave him a poised balance and he was god-like, sculpted and206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZKUyPhDvH
morphed in the name of perfection.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbbqQcvnCa
He was the essence of composure.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUBXRuQKmC
He peered down and through the lines of growth and he observed the206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFRwKudont
weeping man with a deadpan expression.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPxgqz0BMT
His impassive eyes swept over the land in scrutiny.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡat5Qxfw80v
He said nothing for his stony disposition offered nothing to be said.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnQgb1REgk
Like an ancient statue, the second man stood wise and regal.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WnqcF6WQ6
He was still and calm, an image of equanimity.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVceFRFGHz
The third man was the most peculiar.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsibJMRrwQC
Standing in tower over the other two men, the third man held a scythe.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZiLb7FGKX
The tall blade of his weapon jutt from out the wooden staff, angled206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJ7kj8rKk1
crosswise behind the third man’s withered body.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RFmGTADZr
When he raised his scythe you would see his rib bones present themselves, like clenched fingers of a skeleton.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbaFjdxYxi
He would carve down the rows of corn in swift, ordered movements206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjws3jmQcrI
with his blade, progressing his unshod steps in stride.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAREOoVTEy
He carried out his artistry in habitual repetition, carving a massacre206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWi2UcsJ1Sb
through continuous resolution.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4AQd7HfrD
He was the epitome of death.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHqCvWvWQZ
His bare feet were mangled and hairy and his toes were long like fingers,206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdciu7LvLik
digging themselves into the soil like hooks beneath his crooked stance.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkvVR84Z2C
Clad in ratty, black cloth, his trousers reached his waistline and latched206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTyVi551Ec
onto his hips, hiding the broken stance his misshapen legs would reveal.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXmjAhDMGX
His chest and stomach were freakishly collapsed, as all the bones beneath his skin were out of place, presenting a very disfigured form of206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXRwMt66UU
man.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGdIGRzotZ
Dark dirt and blood smeared against his blistering skin, skin that slowly206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmdAMvSnFY
peeled away in deterioration.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7yAznMWlX
Most disturbing was that this third man had no face.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPlPYR4Dlm
His skin molded over where a man’s eyes and nose and mouth would be.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwSecGXREz
He had no ears and no hair.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3khXWmyei
Beneath the foul skin that enclosed the the third man was but a body of206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbCdc0kiVF
meat.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bbyLjObsb
He displayed the shadow of man against the harsh sunlight206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcWzvA4Nog
but he was a soulless creature with a flesh crust.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rW7QIoBMq
All that accompanied his callous head was subtle lumps and bumps in206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4t8jAZzfVs
complexion, giving rise to mounds of undeveloped features.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWQaHSO11f
In this aspect, this third man was no man at all, but a mere presence.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2AQnz6oVX
His senseless existence conditioned his absence from the realities the206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlciJN0QxC
other two men experienced.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpiT4C9cPA
He was forevermore detached from the world entirely.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pcrGnFVsK
The three men seized the stalk in increments, harvesting their work in206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbbp4A9qd1
three fold one man’s time.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytBuJRw8aC
They haunched over the field, decrypted and aged far beyond their206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3SICgpCi6
years,206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUELdpgo7Se
weak and on the brink of death,206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IjHDKwjE2
until finally they raked in their collection of completion.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfePDL6aKt
The three men then fell towards one another until they became one206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrXGvIBNgC
man,206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRLPJFeE5f
and that one man stared upon the fresh yield of crop.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlOjB92qr2
He had gone through the harvest in a deranged case of brotherhood,206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISjdfWAjtg
cutting the field barren in an unending heat.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMj38XQYuee
He stared at his strong accomplishment, looking upon the disheveled206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSb4y0qIEB
mounds of soil that he had bred and grew.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8d5EBbBbv0
He thought of when the roots of his corn first raised their stems in206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBttySsj2Go
spout,206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjPDrTTcg3
protruding tall legs of corn that stretched their tassels to the sky.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZXCCgyR2a
He thought of when the ears of corn first brought their short silk206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPDbv5q06U
strands to caress his rough skin.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGFvU6fFMA
He remembered their birth and honored how they had come to their206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0BvOMZvgf
death.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJypFHV5WK
He laid himself in a pile of leaves against the newly cut plants and he206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD91OUxfO8h
closed his eyelids,206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWK4EcrJfq
allowing his passing to overtake him if it so wished.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zUKVoyqAY
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