Then you would want to to it like this.

print <<OUTPUT if $today eq 'Monday';
Today is Monday, my favorite day of the week.  It is my favorite day b
+ecause Jerry said "Monday is the best day of the week".  Tuesday is m
+y second-favorite day.  Why can't all days be as great as Monday?  Wh
+o knows.
OUTPUT
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Update: This was ment to be a reply to the OP's question and i didnt read the OP's post fully.