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.....~-*%§ A STRING OF PEARLS, LIKE A NECKLACE. §%*-~.....
....~-*%§# GLOWING IN OFFENSIVE COLORS. LURING. #§%*-~....
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.~-*%§#@## -------* 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? %*-~......
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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 ##@#§%*-~.
..~-*%§#@# DEPENCENCE ON THE MALL WILL GROW. #@#§%*-~..
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