Death and The Moon

An ending drawn with uncertainty about it, which the tradition treats as a particular cruelty. Death is unambiguous and The Moon is not, so the pair describes something over that has not been confirmed as over. The absence of a clear ending is the difficulty rather than the ending itself.

Associated with a relationship that has ended without anybody saying so. The pair is firm that it has.

Read for something finished that nobody has announced. The pair suggests acting on the fact rather than the announcement.

It is over and you have not been told. Waiting for the confirmation is a longer wait than accepting it without one.