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Sometime
after he hung
himself, I gue
the rope broke
and he fe .
Split open
his torso
and spi ed
his insides.
I don’t
know why he
betrayed his
master’s
life—
—but now I
know why
he t k
his own.

What’s
Guilt. this?
Judas
knew he
sied— We couldn’t
aept the
money at the
temple. It’s
bl d
money.
Your
Po€er’s Field
is now a field
of bl d.

We’re
buying the It wi be a
field. graveyard,
now.

For
strangers
and aliens and
foreigners to
this land.
For those who
—and knew caot a„ord
he had to their own
pay for it. cemetery plot.
What
Thirty pieces do I Perhaps he
of silver. A care? is our first
fair price, resident.
considering. You have
my permi
ion
to bury him
here.
Do what
you like. We
are now
We’ done with
finish the him.
transaction
s n.

But
what
of the
body?

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