Hyoid Bone

Hyoid Bone
-          Starrs, James E. “Foreword” Forensic Science. 2nd ed. New York: Taylor and Francis, 2005.
 
 
All the signs presaged well-
preserved remains.
The soil was sandy
permitting water to drain
 
readily through it.
 The coffin and vault were,
although not impervious
to the intrusion
of water, the highest quality
to predict safely. Water
would not have invaded but
 
a negligible [...]

Death Speaks

There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just now when I was in the market-place I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was [...]