knows i’m here. that’s the way it works you see. your family and friends say a little prayer for you and you’re a step closer to going. the bulk of the prayers come just after you arrive so you have enough time to read your stone, cry a bit and you’re off. but then slowly people forget that you’re gone, or they join you here – that’s my wife, there, with her knitting – always knitting! eventually, you all end up here and there’s no one left there to pray for you. so here we are and here we stay.” and with that he turned with a sigh to continue 