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god speed

through whiskey breath i said a prayer for you
to speed you on your way
4 days late and more than a dollar short.
there were a lot of things i would liked to have said,
not goodbyes or anything special,
just a million conversations around the front room 
or in the kitchen

i would like to say you died painlessly,
peacefully in your sleep.
i don't know that too be true.
i would like to say that you were my good friend
but I don't even know your last name,
i'd recognize it, i'm sure, if it were said.

how well do i have to know you to miss you?

god speed Anthony.