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.~«^§§§§## A  STRING OF  PEARLS,  LIKE  A NECKLACE. ##§§§§^«~.
.~«^§§¤###   GLOWING IN OFFENSIVE COLORS. LURING.   ###¤§§^«~.
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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 #§^^«.....
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.~«^§¤#### 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? ¤¤¤§§§^«~.
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....~«§¤¤¤ 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 #§§§§§^«~.
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