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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) #########,
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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
#########, depencence on the mall will grow. ##########
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