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There was a nice old man.
I didn't know that man.
I knew he was nice,
but then he died.

I didn't cry or feel sorrow,
But somehow, I felt so hollow.
He was all and nothing to me,
A stranger, a friend, can you see?

I can remember how he smiled,
But I never saw him, or did I?
All these questions make me mad,
But the nice old man, was he ever sad?

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