IX. Three Men173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5aFo14wIK
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At the edge of the cornfield laid a heap of dry stalk.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9TNqX6sRJ
It laid stale and dehydrated, decomposing in death.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPe8yeK0n4
It crunched beneath the man and his boots in scratchy movements,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWV2jyHkQyw
blasting him with clouds of dust.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59vItAgg5J
The dust stuck to the man’s moist skin in layers, drying his sweat in173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN43er8aIrg
thick coats.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2enQK8iPF
His knobby fingers would grasp the wooden helms of his tools, one in173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlagyOblvrC
each of his hands, and rub on the sores and blisters that were rotting173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0faI477dGT
away his skin.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIyHzTai6R
He could feel the warmth his blood gave the wood of his handles,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezRWLTsO7e
the warmth from the constant touch of a man’s rough hands upon them.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaD4fwvjgW
Heat had passed along his sweltering palms so that his clutch was perspiring.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoli1J0IfZ4
He was feeble and tired but he forced a solid hold around the slick instruments in hand.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIxEpdHUc2
He let warm blood flow from his wounds to the wood in his clenched173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37ZHq1iw9T
fist.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgK3mvyr1e
The man’s eyes were red-rimmed and weary.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKciepn8Pvu
He viewed the scene in delusional blurs.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0NoEYWdAB
The hot weather baked the ears of corn, bringing puffs of sweet kernels173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7pXeKTG2H
to the man’s nostrils.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhP2h3tZ0YN
He breathed in the earthy odor and looked upon his crop.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTDSH09ks8
The air was boiling the ground in an aggressive blaze, grilling it so that it173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtm3n5Wkjtw
was pulsating visible waves of heat beneath the summit of the sun.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLijUXM8xb
The sweltering temperatures ate away at the man like a starving mammal173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z5O4duo2X
eating it’s entrails.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7Mgow3Scj
The heat enveloped every part of him until he went mad.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDYZFcIxnL
His overworked spirit became possessed with insanity.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3lneSRjPS
His mind ran wild with dementia and so the man became three men,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcBmPOMpaS
three figures, three figments of his own rancid mind.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrt9i6tcdjx
These three men were as real as the farmer was real to himself.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmualWlJ3iD
The one man became those three men.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgFvQKJahN
The first man was wailing horribly loud sobs and groaning in misery.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqCTtqbrRG
He was a vision of pain.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ETydy7gPc
In black robes that settled around his cradled position, the first man173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16oeJ0PuDO
cried in the dirt.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXG0KRJg2U
He bawled in utter hopelessness, unaware of anything other than the173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuknn6idMQf
deep rooted suffering at the core of his very being.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kSnVjulSw
Streaking down his filthy face was black fluid that seeped from his eyes173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUWx6AwT9e
like tears, staining his sight so that all he could see was darkness.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAm1IJTzxhy
He did nothing but howl and moan in fits of melancholic torture.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0RJzN4fFF
He could channel no hope and no desire in his agonized mind, for the173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VW3H3M82u
aching of this soul brought down all of his defenses,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgQJy7OFBH
like a vicious illness fashioned to make the greatest men fall into the173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJL6YANVF3d
arms of anguish.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrYzeYXcjO
All that first man understood was a squirming shade of man’s melancholy.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqbKBOd8wh
Ripped open and maimed, he grieved his torment in convulsions of sorrow.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2rlWFz9ja
The second man stood behind the first, holding a sickle, the iron shaped173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKMX91cEec
in a curve like a crescent moon.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDvYwSTpQe
He had the most familiar resemblance of the man who owned the plot.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwn8R2b0e6
He was stark naked in the scorching air, bare in all aspects, for he wore173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwdj9DDqlF
no emotion upon his brow.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVKslEANjs
His legs gave him a poised balance and he was god-like, sculpted and173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2IyLZTtI9
morphed in the name of perfection.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6EhCzXhYr
He was the essence of composure.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jZJX7NNkb
He peered down and through the lines of growth and he observed the173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3YYDz5zCh
weeping man with a deadpan expression.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchEN9EwC1r
His impassive eyes swept over the land in scrutiny.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1AeHM0q5o
He said nothing for his stony disposition offered nothing to be said.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCV6IlScbwY
Like an ancient statue, the second man stood wise and regal.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MrUn38W2E
He was still and calm, an image of equanimity.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5Yturn6YP
The third man was the most peculiar.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTm9Br6Kxec
Standing in tower over the other two men, the third man held a scythe.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9wkmypwh7
The tall blade of his weapon jutt from out the wooden staff, angled173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6yRKorHWC
crosswise behind the third man’s withered body.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEQhYbjGDa
When he raised his scythe you would see his rib bones present themselves, like clenched fingers of a skeleton.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXgw3ROafR
He would carve down the rows of corn in swift, ordered movements173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9uPZys4Kh
with his blade, progressing his unshod steps in stride.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Wmlo6hTxm
He carried out his artistry in habitual repetition, carving a massacre173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZp0mA7dIcG
through continuous resolution.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47yJyJvhji
He was the epitome of death.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2LfrbQAKM
His bare feet were mangled and hairy and his toes were long like fingers,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTq7iKAUKDD
digging themselves into the soil like hooks beneath his crooked stance.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLUHEcDgM2
Clad in ratty, black cloth, his trousers reached his waistline and latched173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CKBjNWeGK
onto his hips, hiding the broken stance his misshapen legs would reveal.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAHegJENYf
His chest and stomach were freakishly collapsed, as all the bones beneath his skin were out of place, presenting a very disfigured form of173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMt4iEXUe2
man.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9qirIlZE5
Dark dirt and blood smeared against his blistering skin, skin that slowly173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81LC2asqFf
peeled away in deterioration.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSMuwTUQgp
Most disturbing was that this third man had no face.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZTa6HZhK1
His skin molded over where a man’s eyes and nose and mouth would be.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiyVtM8qwM
He had no ears and no hair.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoMYBUXuqO
Beneath the foul skin that enclosed the the third man was but a body of173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6ddmrkcKf
meat.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Il30N3VW4
He displayed the shadow of man against the harsh sunlight173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVIUkgCHlW
but he was a soulless creature with a flesh crust.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYdQBVMTSV
All that accompanied his callous head was subtle lumps and bumps in173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhdMgzbez7
complexion, giving rise to mounds of undeveloped features.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnkVJ8eAen
In this aspect, this third man was no man at all, but a mere presence.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ou1Yt5pR2
His senseless existence conditioned his absence from the realities the173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFipEx8kmph
other two men experienced.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DTgDTrWM7
He was forevermore detached from the world entirely.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9UfpUVvh2
The three men seized the stalk in increments, harvesting their work in173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6Plwz15zw
three fold one man’s time.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK83ba6vKK
They haunched over the field, decrypted and aged far beyond their173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQuURFDHaS
years,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4LL5SEb9V
weak and on the brink of death,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RTUZX4mzt
until finally they raked in their collection of completion.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcPgy3B7W8
The three men then fell towards one another until they became one173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhh9VNCrUwl
man,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbMbscGlmn
and that one man stared upon the fresh yield of crop.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUc6U0RoPU
He had gone through the harvest in a deranged case of brotherhood,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9frx7WjJu
cutting the field barren in an unending heat.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLe196SioF
He stared at his strong accomplishment, looking upon the disheveled173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtR0UdaAk2V
mounds of soil that he had bred and grew.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadeLvHVLDa
He thought of when the roots of his corn first raised their stems in173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdl0B3oTL4
spout,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yU7cvY79N
protruding tall legs of corn that stretched their tassels to the sky.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRJ60KPEup
He thought of when the ears of corn first brought their short silk173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHKodSc1tb
strands to caress his rough skin.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqqrhgPyLI
He remembered their birth and honored how they had come to their173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RzLEqDqfZ
death.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOe5ykIHb8
He laid himself in a pile of leaves against the newly cut plants and he173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlI0EeuxJW
closed his eyelids,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMNrhPfhM6
allowing his passing to overtake him if it so wished.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nEaZxmVKf
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