Expeditious Evisceratory Mishap - The County Medical Examiners

Roughly eviscerating the festering carcass

Blood-mprints of innards splashed on my bib

While ripping organs from their inanimate host

I puncture my hand on a broken rib

Bone splinters gouge-spurt blood everywhere

Corpse wounds prosector-I seek medical care

Forensic evidence compromised-cruor and blood wed

Hazards of necropsy-Commingling with the dead

The fenzied tempo of the dissection increases

I deign to sustain nicks, cuts, and scrapes

Two hours per autopsy, three procedures a day

My workload demands such a breakneck pace

Latex rubber gloves-a false security

Contamination stings-the kiss of virulency

Maggot-riddled carcass-den of putrefaction

Bisected rancid corpse-tub of hopping infection