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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T08:09:00.001Z",
  "site": "https://blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz",
  "tags": [
    "Another poem",
    "_**Antigonish**_",
    "William Hughes Mearns",
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  "textContent": "Another poem I like, _**Antigonish**_ a poem by the American educator and poet William Hughes Mearns, written in 1899.\n\n\n> Yesterday, upon the stair,\n> I met a man who wasn't there!\n> He wasn't there again today,\n> I wish, I wish he'd go away!\n>\n> When I came home last night at three,\n> The man was waiting there for me\n> But when I looked around the hall,\n> I couldn't see him there at all!\n> Go away, go away, don't you come back any more!\n> Go away, go away, and please don't slam the door... (slam!)\n>\n> Last night I saw upon the stair,\n> A little man who wasn't there\n> He wasn't there again today\n> Oh, how I wish he'd go away....\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(subscribe/RSS)",
  "title": "The Man Who Wasn't There",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-24T08:09:46.381Z"
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