"A Pair of Wintery Rhymes," by Mary Murphy

Oct 8

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There once was a snowman named Jake

He was made from ten thousand flakes

He was jolly all day

He would go out and play

Till in summer he became a small lake

A snowflake once fell on my head

It looked at me as it pled

“Please put me in the freezer

You’ll be a crowd pleaser!

I was so shocked it talked that I fled

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