Big Tony

Yet another funeral Another old friend gone, Not many of us left now As time grinds on and on. This was goodbye Big Tony Of the last five years of My indisciplined wild life Before I was rescued by Marriage and a loving wife. Days of weekend long parties Starting Friday nights in the pub With just snatched hours of sleep Until a Monday morning cold scrub To freshen the face, and on to work To somehow endure the day Boosted by strong hot coffee To help it on its way. Then our lives parted as he Assumed his new way of life Travelling the wide world Absentee husband, lonely wife While I travelled locally Away for weeks on end And so I saw less and less Of my good living friend. Over the years we would meet Nearly always by pure chance Friends still but parted by Life’s changing circumstance. Eventually I heard Just end of lifecare And all too suddenly He was no longer there. Today it was fitting to stand To remember at his life’s end To think of him for a while and Say goodbye to my old friend. Cheers Big Tony