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Poetry with a whiff of mathematics

25 Sunday Jan 2015

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Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away

When I came home last night at three
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall
I couldn’t see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door

Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away

William Hughes Mearns (1875–1965), “Antigonish” (1899)

And this is Glenn Miller’s song on YouTube.

Je suis Charlie

09 Friday Jan 2015

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