My beloved autopsy ward, the product of hospital

architects

Inspected and approved by the College of American

Pathologists

Adjacent to the morgue and behind the administrative

receptionist

Kept under lock and key, available only to us morbid

scientists...

Two stationary MedRaxR dissection slabs and a moveable

body hoist

Their stainless steel plating scrubbed, sanitized, and

still moist

The tables are set at regulation height to avoid

unnecessary strain

Disinfected water pumps and aspirators wash debris

down the drain...

White tiled walls...epoxy sealed floor

Adequate overhead lighting...to grossly explore

Tools of the trade...filed away in drawers

10,000 square feet...of legally sanctioned gore

Morgue design, of the most practical kind

Dictates the efficient dissection of your fellow

mankind

The layout of the autopsy ward should be nefariously

refined

And elevate necropsy to an art, for those so inclined...

Air conditioning design and primary system ventilation

Enable complete aeration of formaldehyde fixative in

dissection stations

The ventilation hoods and exhaust design steal the

odor of putrefaction

And are in accordance with the Occupational Safety and

Health Administration...

Cabinet space...for microbiological supplies

Medical twine...for the closure stitches I tie

Bone saw whine...a postmortem lullaby

Dictation equipment...court records to testify

For my StrykerR saw, disassembled and cleaned

I pen this requiem, in honor of the remains it's seen

For my StubenhauerR scalpel, sharpened and honed

I compose this sonata, for the autopsies it's

performed...

The whiteboard conveniently located next to the

hanging organ scale

Lists charts lucubrately completed with organ weights

and interesting details

Close by, the x-ray facility and the many knobs and

dials it entails

Will ensure, with accurate forensics, that diagnostic

truth shall prevail...

The adjoining dressing room houses lockers and showers

So that medical personnel will be routinely scrubbed

and scoured 

Hands are cleansed with Iodophor soap; germs are

devoured

Surfaces are soaked with phenol-based detergents at

any given hour...

Pressured Autoclaves...cook instrument debris

Disposal bins...full of pieces disembodied

Spare flash bulbs...for body photography

Specimen bags...hold paraffin-set tissue trophies

The science of death...a morbid philosophy

Death certificate pad...the coroner's eulogy

My beloved morgue...home of forensic pathology

The autopsy suite...for life's final catastrophes