Thomas Rose created a visual poetic tribute and memory to his father and mother upon their deaths, The presentation is introspective and dream-like, and these characteristics are matched in the physical presentation of the book with text that floats on the page, transparent papers with heavenly clouds, clinical typography for autopsy texts, and handwriting for personal thoughts and musings. The original graphic print seems to be an abstracted drawing of an urn of ashes. The brochure is a prospectus for the book.One of Rose's reminiscences reads as follows, "still the labor of your breathing is - heavy in the room - your breath - in a cloud of vapor as it left - your lips into the cold light of the room... -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.