The Alley

I decided to go a different way home because I thought I was being followed

I ended up in an alley... a dark and dreary alley

The dumpsters were filled to the brim with rotting foods and trash

Rodents and other pests relished in its filth

The stinch was almost unbearable

I almost made it out, until I saw Him

He was slumped over with an empty bottle of whiskey in his hand

He must be drunk I tried to convince myself, but there was no denying the fact that this man was dead

He lacked a pulse and there were maggots feasting on his decaying flesh

Pill bugs dug into his flesh to build homes

Rats gnawed on his exposed bones

Flies buzzed around his corpse trying to lay more eggs

Roaches roamed over this deceased man as if he didn't exist

The smell of Human flesh rotting was simply too much for me

I vomited after witnessing this horrendous sight

I couldn't have even prepared myself for what I saw next

A poor man, who looked like he lived in the slums, came upon the corpse and began devouring parts of the body

He seemed to enjoy it

His malicious smile as he ate from the rotting corpse