Housed and Fed

It walked on two legs and had large dark eyes like that of a bat. It’s hiss would shake the ground beneath it. I still see it now walking towards me, towards us. It smelt like brimstone and each step crashed. I saw it, it saw me. God has abandoned us, I hear it now. It’s long tongue lashes out for me, it wants to take me, please lord make it stop. The sirens, make it stop, the creature walks on two legs.
The man rocked back and forth as he spoke. Henry was his name the whistles rang loud as man climbed out of the trench and into the open air. Henry was his name. Just another man lost to the world. Jim mounted his bayonet and stepped onto the ladder. Good bye Henry he thought. The Sargent pulled his pistol and stuck it to Henrys temple. His name was Henry.