The Man Who Wasn't There

Another poem I like, Antigonish a poem by the American educator and poet William Hughes Mearns, written in 1899.

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... (slam!)

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....

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