Across from me stood a demon That looked strangely human . The skin receded from his teeth And his eyes were filled with grief . We have to dig deeper . He mumbled . My boss produced a feverAnd his eyes rolled into his head As the demon raised his hand and saidA string of incomprehensible words , Convincing my boss to move forwards . The next week my boss called in sick And entrusted the job to his sidekick , Me . He entrusted this horror to me . Me ? I said , considering if I should fleeWhen my new boss demanded I gather men To take with us to the pit of sin . For fear of my life , I followed his orders . Going beyond my zone of comfortable borders . Next to me stood a human That looked strangely demon . He was once alive , but now I ' m unsure . His armor and skin covered in gore , Dried , from whatever he found Deep under haunted ground . A week passed by and people were murmuring Of hidden corpses from ancient murdering . No one heard from my boss in weeks , And under the earth were eerily human shrieks . My new boss was nowhere to be found , But he always seemed to be aroundWhen he needed to be . Whenever he saw meHe gave a strangely human smile That kept up hope in his rank and file . My new boss suddenly appeared and burst with mirth As I broke the ground and expunged a box from the earth . The box was wood with decorative swirls Surrounding Native American girlsAnd boys dancing around the skulls Of what looked , hopefully , to be bulls . I turned and looked to see if my work was satisfactory . Strange dark light burst as he shouted , My phylactery ! There was a rumbling and a crash . My boss yelled , Don ' t do anything rash ! His voice boomed and all light went out And suddenly bodies fell and flopped like trout . What I could only assume to be souls Flew around the splintered wooden polesThat were previously keeping us safe From this blasphemous , crumbling cave . The souls pierced his body where he stood . He looked at me and smiled , You did good . His body began to float , emitting a lightless light . I closed my eyes tight , hoping everything became alright . When I opened them I saw the clear blue sky That made me think perhaps I had died . But I was at the dig site , And I began to think that mightHave just been a terrible dream , Not at all what it seemed . But the mine had been closed by rock Which gave me a deathly shockAs I realized that I simply survived without a hitch . No one would believe me , that I saw the birth of a lich .