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I remember in New York
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across from us on the other side of the park
was this beautiful old mansion.
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It was very elegant, aristocratic.
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It made me feel good
knowing something so beautiful was so close.
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Around it were lots of other lovely buildings,
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mostly built I think, round the turn of the century.
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One by one they went down.
And one by one, up went mostly monstrosities.
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But that one building remained.
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It was there.
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Someone said an eccentric millionaire owned it.
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At night, as a kid,
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when I'd walk across the park,
I'd use it to guide me.
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Then later,
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when I'd graduated, started to teach,
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it was still there.
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One day I had to go to Boston. That was Friday.
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When I got back on Tuesday, it was gone.
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Gone.
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Like that.
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What?
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Nothing.