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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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