The Reaper Moweth
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The Reaper Moweth
I was at Death’s door.
I could tell by the ankh doorknocker clenched between mandibles.
I knocked. The echoes were swallowed by the dead space within.
No answer.
I craned my neck. The freshly mown suburban lawn continued around the house. I followed it, checking the windows for any signs of Death. Nothing.
Swish. Swish.
The sound of a scythe set my scalp tingling. I rounded the corner.
Death in a black cowl swept its scythe through the long grass, trimming it to a tidy height.
Crab grass.
“Care to buy some grass seeds, sir?”
As you sow, you reap.
I could tell by the ankh doorknocker clenched between mandibles.
I knocked. The echoes were swallowed by the dead space within.
No answer.
I craned my neck. The freshly mown suburban lawn continued around the house. I followed it, checking the windows for any signs of Death. Nothing.
Swish. Swish.
The sound of a scythe set my scalp tingling. I rounded the corner.
Death in a black cowl swept its scythe through the long grass, trimming it to a tidy height.
Crab grass.
“Care to buy some grass seeds, sir?”
As you sow, you reap.
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Re: The Reaper Moweth
If you sow as you reap, Death, therefore, must be the source of life?
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One plants. Another fertilizes.Scattercat wrote:If you sow as you reap, Death, therefore, must be the source of life?
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Re: The Reaper Moweth
Life is just death plus shit, then?
Well, pretty much, actually.
Well, pretty much, actually.
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Re: The Reaper Moweth
Or, life takes death and shit and makes some pretty cool artwork out of it. Like one of them postmodern art exhibits.Scattercat wrote:Life is just death plus shit, then?
Well, pretty much, actually.
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Re: The Reaper Moweth
Maybe death plus slush?Scattercat wrote:Life is just death plus shit, then?
Well, pretty much, actually.

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We have looked upon the face of Evil, and it is the slush pile.strawman wrote:Maybe death plus slush?Scattercat wrote:Life is just death plus shit, then?
Well, pretty much, actually.

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Re: The Reaper Moweth
death is the building block of life and life is the building block of death. I am not sure this is my favorite, but I like the name of the drabble.