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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 28 Nov 1996.
Re: I'm nobody (My very own poem)

Re: I'm nobody (My very own poem)

llizard wrote:
> 
> In article <329...@nntp.netcruiser>, ala...@netcom.ca says...
> >
> >On 24 Nov 96 15:16:39 UTC, cq5...@freenett.toronto.on.ca (llizard) wrote:
> >
> >>Is this poem about you then? I am quoting from memory; sorry, don't know the
> >>author or if the words are exactly right. But I'm quite sure that the last
> >>line is correct.
> >>
> >>
> >>                       ,,,
> >>                     ~~'J'       As I was walking down the stair,
> >>                        =    M
> >>                       _|_  /    I met a man who wasn't there;
> >>                      | | |/
> >>                      | |        He wasn't there again today;
> >>                      | |
> >>_________________     | /\       I wish, I wish he'd go away.
> >>                /|__  E | \
> >>______________ /   /|_  |  \
> >>              |__ /  /|/_  |
> >>                 |__/ /_ |_|_
> >>                    |__    | |__
> >>                       |__ |_  /|_
> >>    ejm96                 |__ /  /|__________
> >>                             |__/ /
> >>                                |/________________
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Close.
> >
> >I met a man upon the stair,
> >A little man who wasn't there.
> >He wasn't there again today.
> >Oh, how I wish he'd go away.
> >
> 
> Okay my last line wasn't exactly right, but the sentiment is!
> 
> (Any one know the poet?)
> 


Hey! it's My Very Own Poem!
But the original was:

I met a cat upon the stair,
A little cat who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
Oh, how I wish he'd go away.

                 by: b'ger

Right everybody?
So be sure to spell my name correctly. Thanks.
ps-  ;D

-- 

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          /^^ \
         (   \_)
          `='\ \
            /   \     "beeeehhh"
           /     \
          #'    `#    joris bellenger (b'ger)
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Date: 1996/11/28
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