The Moonskull Verses Canto 32
Torn took the trio
to nearby fires
where scant food
was prepared
and rest could be found.
They aspired to sleep,
though it came not
to the grieving people
of Springburr and beyond.
Beetle crept to the catacomb
and beheld the broken body
of Root Moonskull.
He could not accept his friend’s death
on Torn’s word alone.
Sorrow and horror
brought heartbreaking satisfaction.