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..^-^%$&## Today It Rained, And  I Would Go Outside ##&$%^-^..
.^-^%$&### I Thought, So  I  Smoked A  Pipe And Got ###&$%^-^.
..^-^%$&## Dressed,  And  Outside   The   Rain  Had ##&$%^-^..
...^-^%$&# Turned  Into Snow  So Thick  That It Was #&$%^-^...
....^-^%$& As Dense Fog ... And Then I  Went To Get &$%^-^....
.....^-^%$ The Mail, But  There Was  A Woman And We $%^-^.....
......^-^% Talked A Little. Now Because  I Was High %^-^......
.......^-^ And It  Was Snowing  So Funny And I  Had ^-^.......
........^- An Umbrella Against The  Snow,  But Snow -^........
.........^ All Over My  Face Anyway, And I Wondered ^.........
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