How Very Dead

Carotid artery pierced

Now the ritual can begin

Our patient yet alive

But not for long

Formalin injection

Indeed, it's overkill

Curiosity has bested me

A void that must be filled

With lurid scenes of carnage

Inflicting both fear and pain

The thing about this doctor

Not only am I in but I'm insane

Out with the old

In with the new

Usurped a siege within you

Constructs of tissue torn apart

To spoil what's next, I don't have the heart

Violent convulsions

From the mouth, you're foaming red

Transmission of all the oxygen

Has ceased, in moments you'll be dead

It's not what you'd expected

When you came to me for help

My overlooked credentials

A Hippocratic oath I'd sworn in hell

Internal organ failure

Excruciating pain

Observing deftly

As formaldehyde doth fill your veins

You will not survive

Out with the old

In with the new

Usurped a siege within you

Constructs of tissue torn apart

How very dead you were from the start

Stiff

Your body hardening

From the inside out

Bleak

The outlook not so good

Your will can't save you now

Cruelly your life has been defiled

Out with the old

In with the new

Usurped a siege within you

Constructs of tissues torn apart

Embalming, truly an art

My art

Enjoy now your beauty sleep