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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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