Summary: “Barley, the Barefoot”<br> The Voice before the Void<br> Barley went barefoot, for 23 years.<br> In a land where this was not only not the custom, but was considered foolhardy, dangerous, insane, impolite, and unsanitary.<br> Every day he went barefoot, was filled with stimulating and novel experiences and sensations. Barley was happy, barefoot.<br> Barley was happy in a unique way that no one else he knew, could be, because no one else he knew, had a daily experience resembling his daily experience.<br> Then one day, Barley’s feet were cut off.<br>
