Rough as manilla hemp knotted against the wind, hands rub stubble-ridden jowls, that gloat.
Grime coated tongue of whisky and pipe tobacco, licks away at fly ridden carcasses exuding the stench of death.
A rustle here; slithering over there, air rushed through cornfield nostrils; coming to get him. Soft and ripe for your loathsome underworld habitat.
You are real to him; there! Where? within his sightless mind, he senses you stalking.
Thrashes against piles of earth, weighted, legs kick in vain defence.
Hot sweat mats chestnut hair against his forehead. It trickles into his ear, blood curdling scream awakes the dead.
He hears the voice of reality, trusting to its timbre of love. “It’s ok son, I’m here, it’s just another nightmare” A cool towel absorbs his fears, but not mine.