The Sower
By Takim Williams, first published in FIYAH
A graphic video depicts a violent end to humanity as the Earth transforms into something entirely new.
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A video begins with a spore entering a jet stream from above. The video cuts to scenes across the world as pollen sweeps across the world. The video cuts to a botanist, speculating that life on Earth began with a seed brought from elsewhere; humans are planted on Earth as "someone's project." Another scene cuts to the botanist discovering an ivy shaping itself over many months to form the word "annual." The botanist discovers that plant life on Earth is intelligent. An apocalypse unfolds across the world as violence breaks out and humans are graphically possessed and transformed into plant life. The Earth splits open, spilling seeds and spores across space.
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