Death Revenge

A noxious butcher, a name they will rue

When their carcasses yield postmortem truths

Although Burke and Hare, have their usefulness proved

From their sordid acts, I stand far removed

But now from the grave's final jape

I shan't emerge wholly unscathed

From this calumny there's no escape

A lifetime of work that may all go to waste

A gentleman born, now stained by disgrace

Once a surgeon, now a ghoul in his place

​Death and life forever intertwined

And within their vulgar minds

The penny dreadful they seek they will find

They'll have their death revenge

I plied my trade bound to the grave

Now they've labeled me depraved

My name and my work bear their stain

This is their death revenge

Burke alone stands judged for both our transgressions

The hangman awaits him, then postmortem dissection

Yet all that peers back from the looking glass

Are the ghosts of my past, screaming to their last

And now my grave, final jape

Is writ large on Burke's cadaverous face

From the noose he shall have no escape

Why let both of our lives go to waste?

In my confession the blame lay misplaced

Once a man, soon a corpse in his place

Forfeit his life to extend mine

Thus ends our partnership in crime

Lady justice though said to be blind

Still takes her​ ​death revenge

​I earned my living from the grave

And committed acts depraved

Life ends unsaved and betrayed

The price paid: Death Revenge

​Death and life forever intertwined

And within the morbid mind

There's only darkness left to find

The final​ ​death revenge

We lived our lives within the grave

And in turn became depraved

And now naught remains to be saved

The final​ ​death revenge