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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 26 Nov 1996.
Re: I'm nobody

Re: I'm nobody

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?)

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                  llizard <cq5...@torfree.net>

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Date: 1996/11/26
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