IX. Three Men193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGSazsyaCY
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At the edge of the cornfield laid a heap of dry stalk.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgUD60Z325
It laid stale and dehydrated, decomposing in death.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZ5rXPgJiH
It crunched beneath the man and his boots in scratchy movements,193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEX1HB4ZkLI
blasting him with clouds of dust.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqno7Haa2UM
The dust stuck to the man’s moist skin in layers, drying his sweat in193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFJj2ccZct
thick coats.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALqrv6zmNA
His knobby fingers would grasp the wooden helms of his tools, one in193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8CCWk8S4v
each of his hands, and rub on the sores and blisters that were rotting193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QZ8vETTEv
away his skin.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jYpPmYbK3
He could feel the warmth his blood gave the wood of his handles,193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1L4HxOTLX
the warmth from the constant touch of a man’s rough hands upon them.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0X5wImnN5
Heat had passed along his sweltering palms so that his clutch was perspiring.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSttGUHC7t6
He was feeble and tired but he forced a solid hold around the slick instruments in hand.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9pYyxVTFr
He let warm blood flow from his wounds to the wood in his clenched193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6pP1EQK7F
fist.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn74vyl3aNR
The man’s eyes were red-rimmed and weary.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavWuSH3mCV
He viewed the scene in delusional blurs.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ322dO46som
The hot weather baked the ears of corn, bringing puffs of sweet kernels193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIHcL5w4vE
to the man’s nostrils.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTN1Uayu6bg
He breathed in the earthy odor and looked upon his crop.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSWIDaXTaP
The air was boiling the ground in an aggressive blaze, grilling it so that it193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwq0xKXheK
was pulsating visible waves of heat beneath the summit of the sun.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaySQYWXcV
The sweltering temperatures ate away at the man like a starving mammal193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tI9KlIsKO
eating it’s entrails.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3gY2R9gz5
The heat enveloped every part of him until he went mad.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNmnZe3CKm
His overworked spirit became possessed with insanity.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPs7TMem1Zp
His mind ran wild with dementia and so the man became three men,193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJrVxoT0KJ
three figures, three figments of his own rancid mind.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGdCcAciVW
These three men were as real as the farmer was real to himself.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0xCMk1bMw
The one man became those three men.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAJbYTTyse
The first man was wailing horribly loud sobs and groaning in misery.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8kgjbrxwW
He was a vision of pain.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78dT6EyDcn
In black robes that settled around his cradled position, the first man193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFwwxPbyCC
cried in the dirt.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASulyCxjPU
He bawled in utter hopelessness, unaware of anything other than the193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6sN2pECk0
deep rooted suffering at the core of his very being.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLv9ZC1QR3
Streaking down his filthy face was black fluid that seeped from his eyes193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpeXTZ1M0d
like tears, staining his sight so that all he could see was darkness.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8ZFtG0px8
He did nothing but howl and moan in fits of melancholic torture.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKFATkLVSN
He could channel no hope and no desire in his agonized mind, for the193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjPEEeZZ17
aching of this soul brought down all of his defenses,193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJvQo2ohoC
like a vicious illness fashioned to make the greatest men fall into the193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoHyHHEHh5
arms of anguish.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTIbqrz5p5
All that first man understood was a squirming shade of man’s melancholy.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPOiPyctpX
Ripped open and maimed, he grieved his torment in convulsions of sorrow.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68XSqzHie5
The second man stood behind the first, holding a sickle, the iron shaped193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhc7BIYhi2Z
in a curve like a crescent moon.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhOGEmdJ9a
He had the most familiar resemblance of the man who owned the plot.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFllgKGHJpr
He was stark naked in the scorching air, bare in all aspects, for he wore193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0X8VOYgCW
no emotion upon his brow.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7W3ZTsi75c
His legs gave him a poised balance and he was god-like, sculpted and193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdAbT1viYN
morphed in the name of perfection.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKSza4vOPq
He was the essence of composure.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4kdDW9xoJ
He peered down and through the lines of growth and he observed the193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6SqZzSWzl
weeping man with a deadpan expression.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWPVyX1hGK
His impassive eyes swept over the land in scrutiny.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5uPpoCrZh
He said nothing for his stony disposition offered nothing to be said.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5O8Msn2BN
Like an ancient statue, the second man stood wise and regal.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaO8nJ7yvu
He was still and calm, an image of equanimity.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiusVF0GWxD
The third man was the most peculiar.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTpCdGv6se
Standing in tower over the other two men, the third man held a scythe.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusK86dbyzq
The tall blade of his weapon jutt from out the wooden staff, angled193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTFseVafaU
crosswise behind the third man’s withered body.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEkBvrOrg1
When he raised his scythe you would see his rib bones present themselves, like clenched fingers of a skeleton.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu6R3txHZx
He would carve down the rows of corn in swift, ordered movements193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZeMoTZ11j
with his blade, progressing his unshod steps in stride.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqydgAnWh9
He carried out his artistry in habitual repetition, carving a massacre193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEfiEito5I
through continuous resolution.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCv62DyEsXo
He was the epitome of death.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fqoHgUwqr
His bare feet were mangled and hairy and his toes were long like fingers,193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcxc1QU3yZ
digging themselves into the soil like hooks beneath his crooked stance.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPRgXe1XJq
Clad in ratty, black cloth, his trousers reached his waistline and latched193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQUFjX24fC
onto his hips, hiding the broken stance his misshapen legs would reveal.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCfRVlZVaW
His chest and stomach were freakishly collapsed, as all the bones beneath his skin were out of place, presenting a very disfigured form of193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNeSictEVw
man.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjaBGxBQkI
Dark dirt and blood smeared against his blistering skin, skin that slowly193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47bh7tL64w
peeled away in deterioration.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELlzNao3vP
Most disturbing was that this third man had no face.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17iftM2kpI
His skin molded over where a man’s eyes and nose and mouth would be.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cfKOhpB74
He had no ears and no hair.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxog1BcEG4
Beneath the foul skin that enclosed the the third man was but a body of193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXulJWnoTIb
meat.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1S4c3HTMz
He displayed the shadow of man against the harsh sunlight193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSQoiD64iP
but he was a soulless creature with a flesh crust.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVhPAfqbPP
All that accompanied his callous head was subtle lumps and bumps in193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qUjleMVIL
complexion, giving rise to mounds of undeveloped features.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnygds6dhWi
In this aspect, this third man was no man at all, but a mere presence.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamQrCe0T9C
His senseless existence conditioned his absence from the realities the193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsaX6n9NDO
other two men experienced.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2awi8io9L
He was forevermore detached from the world entirely.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGf5hwfBYOi
The three men seized the stalk in increments, harvesting their work in193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwYOYuslS2
three fold one man’s time.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2mR5P19Vk
They haunched over the field, decrypted and aged far beyond their193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph4UCb62qv
years,193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KOhIhDAqB
weak and on the brink of death,193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02iwjD3WAI
until finally they raked in their collection of completion.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡls2Aj8wtUH
The three men then fell towards one another until they became one193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU03fSQgPoB
man,193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTB7Jdts7E
and that one man stared upon the fresh yield of crop.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PB1GepLhh
He had gone through the harvest in a deranged case of brotherhood,193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvB361LmL9
cutting the field barren in an unending heat.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrv5p8ialVi
He stared at his strong accomplishment, looking upon the disheveled193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTZNt3gffa
mounds of soil that he had bred and grew.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5jtXmYYjm
He thought of when the roots of his corn first raised their stems in193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42C8gNf1SR
spout,193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddQQmEIsNz
protruding tall legs of corn that stretched their tassels to the sky.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQ1XQ0FNoH
He thought of when the ears of corn first brought their short silk193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMRqlRuF6b
strands to caress his rough skin.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLop5S6UuLd
He remembered their birth and honored how they had come to their193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Fu0QDocQp
death.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7a0f1VEC9r
He laid himself in a pile of leaves against the newly cut plants and he193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpVkQDRL8s
closed his eyelids,193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCr3mxHWhuA
allowing his passing to overtake him if it so wished.193Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRM9vP7QeLY
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