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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 **^=,.....
......,=^*         About Myself, And My Life        *^=,......
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