Under the Empyrean Sky
“Lane and Cael each carry a sack bulging with pilfered vegetables. It takes all their willpower not to sit down here and now and have a feast.
The shuck rat will have to do.
The old Cemetery Road crosses their path, with corn rising up on all sides. Rigo lives one way, and Lane lives the other. Cael has to walk through town to get to his house. The Cemetery Road has an enamel of plasto-sheen on it so the corn doesn’t grow up through it. The way the afternoon sun collects on the plastic coating g...ives it a glossy brightness; look at it the wrong way and you’ll catch a blinding eyeful of white light.
They do their not-really-that-secret handshake: shake hands, then transition into locking elbows before moving into a manly, shoulder-clapping hug.
“Godsdamn Boyland,” Cael says.
“Godsdamn Boyland,” the other two say in unison.
“Least we got the garden.” Rigo pats the side of one of the sacks the way you might the side of an old cow.
“True,” Cael says. “I’m gonna head home first since it’s on the way, but then I’m taking these to the Mercado right after.MoreLess
The shuck rat will have to do.
The old Cemetery Road crosses their path, with corn rising up on all sides. Rigo lives one way, and Lane lives the other. Cael has to walk through town to get to his house. The Cemetery Road has an enamel of plasto-sheen on it so the corn doesn’t grow up through it. The way the afternoon sun collects on the plastic coating g...ives it a glossy brightness; look at it the wrong way and you’ll catch a blinding eyeful of white light.
They do their not-really-that-secret handshake: shake hands, then transition into locking elbows before moving into a manly, shoulder-clapping hug.
“Godsdamn Boyland,” Cael says.
“Godsdamn Boyland,” the other two say in unison.
“Least we got the garden.” Rigo pats the side of one of the sacks the way you might the side of an old cow.
“True,” Cael says. “I’m gonna head home first since it’s on the way, but then I’m taking these to the Mercado right after.MoreLess
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