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</td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div></div></div>	<div align=center style="padding-bottom:10px;" id="ItemTitle"><b><big>Flabbergasted!</big></b></div><div align=left class="shadowBox" style="padding-bottom:20px;overflow:auto;"><span name="myContent" ><table border = 0 width = "100%" cellspacing = 1 cellpadding =0 ><tr><td align = left class="norm" style=""><div align=center><font class="size45" style="">When I <span class="clred"><b>juxtapose</b></span>,<br />
Their first fond kiss,<br />
To their fierce fall out,<br />
I&#39;m flabbergasted!<br />
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