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She looks uncharacteristically sober. I'm speaking not of alcohol, but everyday demeanor. She has on rose lipstick but her mouth is too small. It should be laughing, smiling, expressive. I suppose that would have been macabre to have a smiling corpse. There is more life in the air around her casket than in the vicinity of mourners. She's in the air, apologizing for inconveniencing me, having to travel to her funeral. Apologizing for living, only this time it's for dying.