# *Going Without Saying*
**i.m. Joe Flynn**
It is a great pity we don’t know
When the dead are going to die
So that, over a last companionable
Drink, we could tell them
How much we liked them.
Happy the man who, dying, can
Place his hand on his heart and say:
"At least I didn’t neglect to tell
The thrush how beautifully she sings."
— [[Bernard O'Donoghue]]