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