#cornfield

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He was built to stand still. He has not stood still since October 1994. The farmer who built him moved away that same month. He left in the middle of the night. The neighbors understood.

The fire inside the cracks was not put there by anyone. It had been waiting inside the bone for a long time.

The cornfield burns every October. It grows back every spring. Nobody plants it. Nobody harvests it. The search was called off in 1997. It was deemed inconclusive.

Scarecrow skull — cracked bone face, amber slit eyes, fire burning through the cracks, burning cornfield, harvest moon, bats swarming.

Village landscape with Cornfield - Herbert Meier

German , 1921-1997

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He did not start the fire. He was already there when it started. He has been standing in that cornfield since before the corn was planted. The farmers knew. They planted around him. It seemed polite.

The pumpkin came to him. They all come to him eventually. The crows understand this. The fire understands this. Only the living have not figured it out yet.

Skeleton reaper — cracked grinning skull, rotting pumpkin, burning cornfield, blood red moon, murder of crows.