County Medical Examiners Bloatation (Repugnant Refloatation) Lyrics

Body density initially sinks the corpse beneath the
water surface
But rebellious bacteria active in death create a
gaseous transformation most turgid
Putrefaction rancid and ripe inflate the cadaveric
methane-filled flesh balloon
The tumescent sack refloats as a swollen ammonia-
spewing corpse pontoon

Procumbently drifting, propelled by a jetting zephyr of
decompositional gas
Waterlogged, yet buoyant, the corpse teems with algae-
fresh water insects amass
Distended with caustic carbon dioxide and repellent
hydrogen sulfide
A swollen miasma of inflated cavities slowly leaking
sulfur dioxide

A plume of white froth bubbling from bleached
submersion-wrinkled lips
Skin sloughing from the bloated abdomen to shriveled
pruned fingertips
The decedent's last meal, rich in carbohydrates, aerate
the swollen digestive track
Bobbing on the surface, the corpse eructs volumes of
acerbic odoriferous gas

Gaseous bloatation
Repugnant refloatation
Nauseous eructation

Excessive egression of sour effluvium ends the stage of
Primary Floatation
Spent carcass sinks while putrefactive bacteria breed
more fumes for postmortem levitation Fatty tissues deliquesce and necrotic vapor is produced
in order to assuage
The process of Decomposition who demands another crude
refloat: the Secondary Stage

The cadaver triumphantly arises from beneath the
bubbling cold surface again
Every inch of tissue swollen with buoyant gases for
this putrefactive regimen
A gas bomb issuing tear-inducing stench, a reeking,
floating bacterial coffin
The decedent anus expectorates an abdomen of stale air,
causing the carcass to spin

Antemortem microorganisms lead a postmortem mutiny of
rot
The drifting stiff's bloated demeanor inspires nausea
and distraught
Severe marine predation and mutilation tests the scene
investigators stamina
So they call upon credentialed expertsThe County
Medical Examiners

The highly buoyant Secondary Refloata chore to dissect
and classify
On route to the morgue, my staff is routinely prepped
and awaiting me on standby
I displace the gas and deflate the corpse to facilitate
the drenched necropsy
As the autopsy suite is perfumed with foul rancorous
air and repulsive potpourri

Gaseous bloatation
Repugnant refloatation
Nauseous eructation