their work accomplished.
Leaving Nora and Eva, sisters,
alone.
In those days, bodies,
were prepared at home
on the kitchen table.
Tomorrow will be the viewing,
and the funeral.
Eva, the older sister,
and surrogate mom.
After the loss of mother,
and the final baby.
Now Nora will nurture,
the ones, that remain.
Chauncey will come,
to live with her and Leo,
later, after their wedding.
For now their remained,
this one task.
To redress the body,
with all her underclothes.
It was not right for Eva to go
into the next life,
not fully clothed.
So Nora redressed,
her sister.
Thus the final offering
they shared.
This is a true story; Nora told her Daughter-in-law Anne Herzog the first thing she did when the undertaker left was to redress her sister. Nora did not want Eva to go to the next life without her top garment, so Nora redressed her body with a proper bra.
Oh!
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