Bloody Hell Ltd.
Dude stared at the drawing for long.The hollow geometrical shapes joined and interlaced to produce human forms: devoid of colors, devoid of life?Dots were eyes and lines were mouths and the arms with the fingers resembled brooms more than anything.His eyes stalled where the black demarcation line is , marking the end of the earth and the beginning of the sky.... or the other way around if you will, depending on how you choose to percieve it.He contemplated the marvelous capacity of a child to draw fine lines with such untainted ease.He was envious.He wished he could do the same.Life and death. Good and bad. Right and wrong.They were all notions in his world craving for demarcation lines, eager to be defined.
He followed with his eyes the long trees rooting in the green and soaring sky high in the blue, masking the line behind their thick trunks.The dew-stained air tasted sweet and the scent of pine filled his nostrils.He carefully examined the serpented path manoeuvring ahead of him between the trees.The fog hindered his distant vision but he could clearly see under his feet: the road was not paved.Actually that was a misconception: there was actually no road at all.He realised he was standing on solid ground but there was a void where his next step should be.Just blackness.Deep spotless saturated blackness stretching all ahead of him where his path might have been.He probed the void with curious gazes.Its nothingness echoed into him. Its emptiness filled him up to the rim.He pondered in despair for a while, not sure what to do.... nor how to do it!He drifted away with his thoughts when husky cries brought him back:" Vision .... Vision .... "In the dim light of the shy rays that managed to infiltrate the interweaving branches, he distinguished a silhouette walking on the void and approaching him : a pig .He blinked and the pig was already infront of him, gasping for breath as if back from a long journey." Good morn' dude ! "He was wearing a waistcoat, a matching bow-tie and shiny black and white retro shoes.A golden chain was dangling from his front pocket: a pocketwatch, dude figured .His lustrous greased combed hair perfectly suited his neatly tarnished looks .And albeit the hot humid weather, his breath condensed and materialized infront of his pink snout each time he let one out!" You know my name ? "" Eeerrrr ... i guess ! ", the pig mumbled rolling his eyes.His arms were now stretched with a business card:Pig-OBloody Hell Ltd. Volunteer" So dude , how would you feel about donating your vision ?! "
" My vision ?! "
" Yes ... It's for a good cause really . You get to keep your sight . We only need your vision ! "
The air was now thicker, heavier.
The humidity had taken its toll on dude.
" I dunno .... ", dude skepticaly hesitated.
Pig-O carefully brushed rebellious tufts of his eyebrows with his thumb.
" Well ... C'mon dude ... What's a vision good for in your situation anyway ? ... It's not like you're going anywhere ! ", Pig-O snorted pointing out the last brick under dude's feet.
Dude wipped beads of sweat that had now invaded his forehead unwelcome.
Pig-O was as crisp and fresh as ever!
" I dunno .... Maybe if you tell me about the cause ? "
" I can't reveal that. I'm sure you understand.", Pig-O concluded " But it's a very noble cause. If you take part i'm sure God will help you find your path again. Let alone Bloody Hell Ltd. will offer you a brick to get you started! "
In his head he was already giving in.
" So I'm practically selling you my vision for a brick ? "
Dude was uncomfortable with the thought.
" No . No ! ", Pig-O cried seemingly offended " You don't sell us anything . You donate . It's all for the cause ! "
Dude was worn down.
" I guess if it's ..... "
He didn't even get to finish his sentence.
Pig-O jumped on his chance, like a hunter on its prey.
" You won't regret it ! "
He smirked and his canines sparkled in the dark.
He handed him a raven black brick , dark as the night and a bit rough around the edges: " For your troubles ", he concluded.
He fetched his watch from his pocket and examined it.
" It's time to go . "
And just like that, Pig-O was gone.
Dude carefully laid down the brick.
He found comfort in the thought that he didn't really feel any different now that he was vision-less.
He knew however he was still in a pickle: that brick didn't really get him anywhere!
He began to drift again as he always does when hoarse bellows brought him back:
" Dirt ... Dirt ... "
He donated dirt this time.
" You've just donated your vision and didn't feel anything was missing , what's some dirt ! " , Pig-O had reasonably argued.
Dude had taken off his shoes and collected dirt from its soles.
And of course he got a brick " for his troubles ".
And so on Pig-O kept re-appearing.
And dude donated almost everything.
Soul. Blood. Bread. Integrity. Reason. Wisdom.
Of course he got a raven black brick every single time.
" For your troubles "
Smirk. Sparkling canines.
He even last donated his God.
" You got all those bricks now , you can fashion yourself a road ... What do you need a God for ! "
Finally dude found himself stripped off of everything... except for a wall.
A wall that stood right before him. Uninvited.
A wall of raven black bricks, laid one over the other.
Perhaps had he had vision he would have laid them one next to the other?!
The wall stood high, sturdy, heavy and impenetrable.
A wall he made with his own hands with the very same bricks that once paved his path - and that he was too dilusional to see - and that Pig-O would pull out one at a time and offer him " for his troubles ".
Dude stared at the drawing for too long.
The hollow geometrical shapes joined and interlaced to produce human forms: devoid of colors, devoid of life.
Dots were dots and lines were lines and the arms were idle sticks.
His eyes stalled where the black demarcation line is, marking the end of the sky and the beginning of the earth.... or the other way around if you will, depending on how you choose to percieve it.
Dude got lost in the drawing.
But it's not like he was going anywhere anyway.
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