Yes, it was poor writing. I think it was FFC/Puzo's cut-rate way of telling us that Kay had remarried, and that Douglas had enough of a relationship with Anthony to make a bad joke in a telegram.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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