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For Pete
It's not often I see my dad cry
It takes me back to the feeling of being just a little
girl
Powereless
That's where I was when you died yesterday
Don't worry though, I held him
It's funny, you see, because you and I
never met
But it feels as though we did from all the stories I've heard
How you and dad met in London by
pure coincidence
How you could befriend anyone
instantly, like magic
Dad told a lot of stories about you
yesterday
Ones I hadn't even heard
And a song came on by Iron&Wine that
dad said you used to sing
It felt like maybe you were listening
I hope so
And I hope you're listening now
because I want to thank you
For giving me my dad
He says he wouldn't have been who he is
without you
And I think that's true because
people are made of a million small
events
You we're one of dad's events
The source of some of his inner joy
and his best stories
So even though we never met and
now we never will
I owe you a lot
But the best I can do is write
and say: "This one is for you."
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This piece is a tribute to Pete. He was my father's best friend, a human party, and I've never heard a bad word said about him. I hope I have done him justice.