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.....«%&&& 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 ####&&%«~.
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.~«==%%&&# An Umbrella  Against The  Snow, But Snow #&&%%==«~.
.....~==&& All  Over My Face Anyway, And I Wondered &&==~.....
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