Fields on fire. Crops give nothing. Fields on fire. Diseased land, swallowing itself. Diseased land. Swallow life, give nothing. Abandoned by God to drown in soil. Nothing but evil grows from our toil. The earth has swallowed us whole. Beasts are tired, ready for sleep. Land has given us nothing but defeat. Beast of burden.
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