Event horizon

Coal is 330 million years old and is mined from the depths of the earth to fuel smelters. At 1,500°C the steel takes the shape of a car, which crashes at 94 km/h into a tree planted in 1951. The weight of the ashes after a human cremation is 2.4 kg. It takes 150 kilocalories to publish a single post on reddit.com. A grieving person shares their loss in the digital space.
We've combined a dozen posts from mothers whose children have died into one story, adapting them into an essay about death in a world constantly animated by electrical impulses. The mother's cells transfer to the child's body, and the child's cells transfer to the mother's body. The world is a system of connections; the internet can connect those in pain and mourning.