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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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