JennyO - that's fine, just eat the salmon mousse!

I've seen dead humans and dead animals and that image of deflation is right... both looked sort of... flat. Like looking at a glass of cola that's been left out all night. It's still the same vessel, the same contents, still the same juxtaposition, but it's no longer the same drink. Even if it does still bubble when you stir it, it won't be the same.

Even the morticians' art cannot replace that rounded, vibrant look that even the most decrepit body has. It doesn't matter how good they look, there is still always that something missing. Total stillness is the best description. We're not aware of the tiny movements we make, even when asleep or in a coma.. it's the absence of these that let us truly know that the character, the person, the loving part is no longer there.

LTS