The Autopsy

You gotta let the blood out the body
You gotta let it all fade away
Once the blood is out the body
Then the body can reawake

You gotta walk the streets at night
Watch the victims shining bright
Waiting for dreams that never come true
Clinging to life nearly through

You gotta let the blood out the body
You gotta let it all fade away
Once the blood is out the body
Then the body can reawake

You gotta watch their eyes
No hiding, no disguise
Vacant pools lacking soul
Destiny’s ashes burning coals

You gotta let the blood out the body
You gotta let it all fade away
Once the blood is out the body
Then the body can reawake

You gotta cut the body wide
Gotta cut it deep inside
See the pictures life unfold
Death in jars, story told.

Reviews

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Paul,

not sure if you write dark material because you are good at, or because you are good at it and like it, too, but this piece is nicely dark and very well done, hinting of a lurking serial killer ...

Marv

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Frightening and darkly rhythmic. Pulsates with vivid imagery and great use of repetition- song-like. Catchy in a macabre way, "Once the blood is out the body, Then the body can reawake". OK, I won't sleep tonight Paul-Loved this!

[Paul Bell]

Lawyers for you, Annette. Get suing. lol

[Island Hippy]

Aloha Paul, that was quite macabre. Reads like a song, that repeating line "you gotta let the blood out the body" really works. I always expect a laugh from you, but this was very cool. Izzy

[Paul Bell]

I'm keeping you on your toes. lol

[Marina]

This feels like it's out of a song again; probably a death/gore metal band. Have you seen some of their lyrics? lol
It's great, I really like the flow of it and the easiness with which you seem to write.

[Paul Bell]

Yeah i'll need to stop getting ill, death poems don't cheer you up as much as they should. So you must have three weeks of spilling the beans and debauchery to write about. Looking forward to it now.

[Marina]

I will try my best to depict the whirlwind of beers I've been through.

[Norman 223]

As a former medical photographer, this appealed to me, but I can assure you that the Burke and Hare vision was never present at the autopsies when I was there. Cold, sterile and reeking of formaldehyde.
Not poetic at all, which explains my dearth of poetry on the subject. Your ghoulish vision was much more fun. :-))
Norman

[Paul Bell]

I must admit, it never started out as an autopsy poem. I was trying to write something for Halloween. The ending sort of wrote itself.

[barleygirl]

This sounds like "the blues" (musical). I like the mixed rhyme scheme & not-always-exact rhyming (tho some critique this as a downfall -- not me!) I like the way your message blends the idea of a literal physical autopsy, along with "slicing & dicing" the details of hard-lived lives.

[Paul Bell]

Is slightly macabre. Think I was in a good mood that night. Like your idea of the musical though. i'm seeing harps everywhere. lol

[barleygirl]

Now I want to write something musically macabre! *smile*