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Resurrecting A Corpse

from Playing With Dead Things by Écorché

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RESURRECTING A CORPSE

STANDING NAKED BEFORE THE LOOKING GLASS HE EXAMINES HIS OWN DECAYING FORM
“EVERY DAY ON THIS EARTH IS ONE DAY CLOSER TO DEATH”

MAISON-ALFORT IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1762
A NEW DIRECTOR IS APPOINTED TO THE NATIONAL VETERINARY SCHOOL
A CHARMNG YOUNG MAN WITH DASHING GOOD LOOKS AND A PIERCING GAZE THAT WOMEN CAN’T IGNORE
“HOW QUICKLY BEAUTY FADES” HE REMARKS AS HE INCISES WITH HIS SCALPEL

LOCKED AWAY IN A ROOM FAR FROM PRYING EYES HE’S SURROUNDED BY HUMAN SPECIMENS
PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES PRACTICED ON HORSES AND NOW PERFECTED ON HUMAN CADAVERS
“GOOD MORNING JEAN-MARIE, AND HOW ARE YOU TODAY?” HE ASKS QUIZZICALLY OF THE DEAD MAN
IN HIS DIARY HE WRITES “DEAD ONE MONTH TO THE DAY AND THE BODY SHOWS NO SIGNS OF DECAY”

“DEAD ONE MONTH TO THE DAY AND THE BODY SHOWS NO SIGNS OF DECAY.
NO ODORS, NO BLOATING, NO DECOMPOSITION.”
HE EXAMINES THE EXCISED PIECE OF SKIN BENEATH HIS MICROSCOPE
“EVEN AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL THERE IS NO SIGN OF DECAY.”
“THE CELLS ARE STILL PLIABLE AND FULL OF LIQUID.
I HAVE MANAGED TO ACHIEVE PRESERVATION OF THE FLESH WITHOUT THE USE OF DESICATING SALTS.”
“I BELIEVE THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME TO INJECT THE SOLUTION INTO A LIVING, BREATHING SPECIMEN.”

HE WALKS ACROSS THE ROOM TOWARD THE MONKEY DYING IN ITS CAGE
WATCHING AS THE SIMIAN’S BREATH AND HEARTRATE SLOW, NOW IS THE TIME
HE PLUNGES THE SYRINGE DEEP INTO ITS ARM WITHIN A SECOND THE LIQUID FINDS THE HEART
“WITHIN SECONDS ITS BREATHING AND HEART RATE RETURN TO NORMAL FUNCTION.”

“ITS COAT BECOMES MORE LUSTROUS, WITHERED MUSCLES PULSE WITH NEW STRENGTH.”
“OLD YELLOWED TEETH, NOW SHARPENED AND GLEAMING, A BRILLIANT WHITE.”
“ALERTNESS SHINES IN ITS BRIGHT EYES. EYES ONCE DEAD BUT NOW ALIVE.”
THE VETERINARIAN SMILES TIGHT LIPPED “AT LAST IT’S TIME FOR ME TO TAKE THE MEDICINE.”

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from Playing With Dead Things, released October 31, 2019
JGW - guitars, vocals, drum programming
Wolfman - bass

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