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This was sent to me by a new friend. Remember your friends today . Don't be too busy. . . .nancy > A VANISHED FRIEND" > Around the corner I have a friend > In this great city that has no end, > Yet the days go by and weeks rush on, > And before I know it, a year is gone > And I never see my old friend's face, > For life is a swift and terrible race, > He knows I like him just as well > As in the days when I rang his bell, > And he rang mine. > Once, we were younger then, > And now we are busy, tired men. > Tired of playing a foolish game, > Tired of trying to make a name. > "Tomorrow" I say "I will call on Jim" > "Just to show that I'm thinking of him" > But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, > And the distance between us grows and grows. > Around the corner! - yet miles away, > "Here's a telegram sir-" "Jim died today." > And that's what we get and deserve in the end. > Around the corner, a vanished friend.