Goodbye Michael: I first created this Ode for the 90th Birthday of my good friend Michael Trestrail. I recited it for him at a special reception given for him on that very day. ‘Oh, you are clever’ was Michael’s immediate response and so I recited again the same ode for Michael just a few days before he died when he had forgotten all about that 90th Birthday, but still managed to enjoy the memories and to appreciate the poem. Today I’ve added a brand new chapter to the birthday ode in honour of Michael and especially for his funeral rites which we have celebrated today at noon and on the very day of his 93rd Birthday. Again I recited the poem at a beautiful reception following Michael’s Farewell Liturgy. And tonight with all of the warm love and friendship that surrounded my friend today as we took our leave of his good soul, I record the full version of my genuine tribute to a dear and special man. I make this recording especially for a noble lady from the Royal Household who was Michael’s great and loyal friend during all of his royal years, and the many years since then, and who honoured him once again today by attending his funeral liturgy to represent the Royal Family and to greet his family and friends and to share in their loving farewell. I promised this lady that I would send her my tribute to Michael on this very day and so indeed I shall. God rest you Michael Trestrail. We are all of us the better for knowing you and for sharing a little in you endlessly decent, colourful and generous life.
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