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I see him, you know?
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His face.
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I'll catch him out of the corner of my eye,
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and just for a minute, he's real.
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I hear him.
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"Hey, Moz," in the roar of a subway going by
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or his laugh in a taxi horn.
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I turn, but he's never there.
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"Oh, you can't help that," said the cat.
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"We're all mad here."
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I keep telling myself, if I'd just got there a minute sooner--
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Ah, stage three: Bargaining.