Between the deceased eyeball's crystalline lens and
retina
A clear gel-like mass that constitutes 80% of the eye
This volume of lubricious fluid is named vitreous
humor
And can tell the toxicologist relatively when someone
died
The unblinking eyes of the stinking corpse
Reveal time of death of the forensic sort
Vitreous humor so oily and viscous
Make the stiff a posthumous eyewitness
Hours after death, body potassium levels rise
Vitreous humor is not affected by this change
We can test the ocular fluid for an accurate PMI
The toxicologist will compare it against the normal
range
Hypodermics filled with watery slime
From eyeballs to test tubes, ocular grime
Toxicologists measure potassium levels
From the decedent's vitreous humor samples
Disgusting muck
Optic gunk
Punctured or
Eyeball gore
Perspicaciously evaluating the toxicologists findings
Illuminating the dead with a method so blinding
Glomming the fluid from the posterior compartment side
Determining PMI from the postmortem faculty of sight
The sunken eyeball
Has secrets to tell
With its vitreous gel