Processing Emmett Till (Uncanny Emmett Till #2)

The door could not be heard slamming; they had probably left it open, as is the custom in homes where a great misfortune has occurred.
—Franz Kafka, “The Metamorphosis,” tr. by Stanley Corngold

It is hard to be a god, the door of death closed to me, my grief goes on immortal forever.
—Ovid, “Metamorphoses,” tr. by A.S. Kline