Putrescine and cadaverine
The pungent twins of putridity
Colorless and syrupy
Biogenic amines
Putrescine and cadaverine
Vapor of ornithine
The stench of death visits me
In the morgue laboratory
(Perfume of rotheady, thick and hot)
Putrescine and cadaverine
Brothers in liquidity
Fuming stench of carcass stink
Noisome gas, fetid glee
Putrescine and cadaverine
Ambassadors of ripened reek
Breaking down dead protein
Egressing odors miasmically
(Sickening stinkmakes watering eyes blink)
These dual chemical compounds, released shortly after
Death
Cloud the pleasant morgue ambiance with their foul,
Rotten breath
Fraternally bound to haunt swollen distended bodies
Their chemical reactions clash amidst rank autopsies
NH2(CH2)4NH2Putrescine!
C5H14N2Cadaverine!
NH2(CH2)4NH2Putrescine!
C5H14N2Cadaverine!
Gorges rise and heave with the stench
A symphony of sickness, perfumed with putrescence
While affronted senses nauseously totter and lurch
The carcass breeds odor, and chemically gives birth
NH2(CH2)4NH2Putrescine!
C5H14N2Cadaverine!
NH2(CH2)4NH2Putrescine!
C5H14N2Cadaverine!
The ripened tang of gaseous decomposition let loose in
The morgue
Overtaxed fans strain to aerate the grave-ly polluted
Ward
Tumefied decedents belch their chemical cohorts into
The air
The airborne corpse-whiff adheres to fabrics, skin,
And hair
(Acrid reekodiferous cadaver leak)