When they finally got the cadaver, No incisions were necessary Old scars – which made a tumultuous maze On his chest – had opened up on their own They found a heart as dark as Urdu Enshrined in Coagulated dreams Rusted with unanswered prayers Broken pieces of a love long given-up on The disemboweled stomach was lined with lies A lifetime diet of deceits had led to fragmented madness to float in a Bulbous pus of treachery and dishonesty Muscles atrophied by regret Gnawed by maggots of fate, Nothing held the sad frame together Except grief frozen in formaldehyde