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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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