SAVING HENRY
Henry is a dummy
With plastic skin
And placid eyes
At five thirty he died
By five thirty one
He was lifted onto the ice bath
We didn’t want to send him
To dummy heaven
If it ever existed
We did compressions
Put his head in ice
And an IV line in his arm
Medications went in
Flowing through his blood
And stopped free radicals
Ice bags around his body
Kept the temperature down
While oxygen
Went into his lungs
Saving the brain
Keeping grey matter fresh