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I loved my friend He went away from me There's nothing more to say The poem ends, Soft as it began- I loved my friend.

Langston Hughes, Dolan Hubbard (2003). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Works for children and young adults: poetry, fiction, and other writing”, p.54, University of Missouri Press
I loved my friend He went away from me There's nothing more to say The poem ends, Soft as it began- I loved my friend.