[ FF ] - 250 Words ; 2 months Reddit Gold prize

*Love is all you need. * Grant always had Beatle's tunes stuck in his head when he was doing something important. With uncharacteristic patience he searched for the divot behind an old oak in his yard. Finding it, he knelt down, brushing the loose soil away. He began to move the rich soil with his cupped hands, exaggerating the slight dip. 
 
 *Day or night he ’ ll be there any time at all. * He couldn ’ t remember the last time he had seen his old friend. Before she changed. He was now elbow-deep into the ground, which remained soft and easily pierced. He could feel the heat through what couldn ’ t be more than a few inches of soil. 
 
 *Yellow mother custard dripping from a dead dog's eye. * He heard her before he saw her. She was crying in that way of hers. Something between dejected wails and horrifying screams. The earth was dry and hard packed. He began scratching at it with his fingernails, although not frantically. The earth was now hot to the touch 
 
 *Living is easy with eyes closed. Misunderstanding all you see* Struggling with the door, Helen burst into the backyard. Heavy makeup streaming down her face, she screamed in a language familiar but incomprehensible to Grant. The tips of his fingers had reached the foil, which was uncomfortably hot to touch. 
 
 *Newspaper taxis appear on the shore, 
 Waiting to take you away. 
 Climb in the back with your head in the clouds, 
 And you're gone. * 

