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$**~-,,,,,                                          ,,,,,-~**$
§$**~-,,,,                                          ,,,,-~**$§
#§$**~-,,,                                          ,,,-~**$§#
@#§$**~-,, a  string of  pearls,  like a  necklace. ,,-~**$§#@
#@#§$**~-,   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   ,-~**$§#@#
@#§$**~-,,                                          ,,-~**$§#@
#§$**~-,,,                 #~~~~~~#                 ,,,-~**$§#
§$**~-,,,,          ~~~~~~~* mall *~~~~~~~          ,,,,-~**$§
$**~-,,,,,                 #~~~~~~#                 ,,,,,-~**$
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*~-,,,,,,, a few ways to  get betrayed: being  sold ,,,,,,,-~*
~-,,,,,,,, broken  items or mimicry, being recorded ,,,,,,,,-~
*~-,,,,,,, (for  what  purpose?), being ascribed  a ,,,,,,,-~*
**~-,,,,,, negative value  and getting kicked  out, ,,,,,,-~**
$**~-,,,,,    or beaten, getting requisitioned to   ,,,,,-~**$
§$**~-,,,, operate  some  facet of the body  (being ,,,,-~**$§
#§$**~-,,, cared  for  enough  to  fear  losing its ,,,-~**$§#
@#§$**~-,, favor,  yet  not  enough to meaningfully ,,-~**$§#@
#@#§$**~-,                 survive)                 ,-~**$§#@#
@#§$**~-,,                                          ,,-~**$§#@
#§$**~-,,, evokes the sense of scavenging,  but  it ,,,-~**$§#
§$**~-,,,, is  a projection and a mirage - it's all ,,,,-~**$§
$**~-,,,,,  controlled and coreographed, presented  ,,,,,-~**$
**~-,,,,,, like  a  gift,  a  reward  for  nothing. ,,,,,,-~**
*~-,,,,,,,          for being so beautiful.         ,,,,,,,-~*
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*~-,,,,,,, with that in  mind,  is  there a choice? ,,,,,,,-~*
**~-,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,-~**
$**~-,,,,, it's easy to grow  lazy  with  its ease, ,,,,,-~**$
§$**~-,,,, and leave your  network of minor streams ,,,,-~**$§
#§$**~-,,, and animal pools  in dissaray, and  with ,,,-~**$§#
@#§$**~-,, the waning of  your  secret wells,  your ,,-~**$§#@
#@#§$**~-, depencence  on   the  mall  will   grow. ,-~**$§#@#
@#§$**~-,,                                          ,,-~**$§#@
#§$**~-,,,                                          ,,,-~**$§#
§$**~-,,,,                                          ,,,,-~**$§
$**~-,,,,,                                          ,,,,,-~**$
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