Somewhere unknown* Under soil and earth Her body waits The story to tell Resultless efforts Call the hounds of death The scent decayed like flesh Sun baked soil Putrefaction drenched Create vegetation The sick cycle of life/death Through feet of earth Death attracts Unearth the dead Crusted deep The newly placed artifact Carefully exposed Beyond recognition A mother's fear revealed Appendages no longer bound by muscle and skin Matted, blood dried hair Missing flesh reveals bone Hidden chapters to the still unfolding story The canine macabre Salivating, rotting meat arousing In the burning sun Her body wafts The story begins