Slippery When Wet
Bodies in solution
In a current of pollution
Of bodily fluids and
Bloated redistribution
Wheels wobble the gurney
And fling drops on its journey
To dock with the cooler and
Sidestep processes, wormy
The ground underfoot
Always wet from those caput
Biohazardous fluids or the
Cremator's soot
Cessation of junctions
Whence bodily functions
Are chilled to the bone
Despite Extreme Unction
Full cryogenic storage
After solitary carnage
Tags the big toe
In metatarsal moorage
Trocars now insert
Into vessels now inert
And drain out what's left
Of a life once overt
Whether six-feet under
Or flamed all asunder
Or sprinkled in a place
T'was either special or a dumper
We all get there deader
A final rejection letter
Interring us onward
To be sized up for our fetters
The goodly undertaker
Now wouldly caretaker
Who prepares us well
To meet our Creator
"Will be missed" or "Good riddance"
Depends on what pittance
One leaves others when leaving
This life of incoherence
The price of the casket
No one dares ask it
A home of eternity in a
Pointless wastebasket
Mortician finishes work that night
And locks up the place nice and tight
But it's Halloween and so party on—
The place'll be jumping tonight!