And we stood there panting, shed-bound. Horrified

That wail gouged our ears. My blood froze

The foul stench clawed its way under

Our flimsy fortress’ corrugated shell. Putrefied

Petrified, I watched my partner pry open

The paint-encrusted window and slither

Away

It wailed

He screamed

He bubbled

He gurgled

He broke

With all my weight and little strength

I failed to move

The re-enamel-jammed portal

The horror wailed from every direction

And I convulsed

As its vile essence proceeded it

In an agonizing instant

I adhered to the far-too-close-corner

Of my roomy coffin

As its tendrils seeped in through

The paint-clotted orifice

So, too, its hideous orifice

Crossed the threshold

Madness raced forth to embrace its partner

Who held me

Still, for the kill

My skin split

Agony snaked its way through my veins

And crystallized my corpuscles

My muscles shattered, and my exposed

Flesh seared

I screamed

I bubbled

I gurgled

I broke