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..§..§.§.§ A  STRING OF PEARLS,  LIKE  A  NECKLACE. .§§§§§....
..§§.§§§§§   GLOWING IN OFFENSIVE COLORS. LURING.   §§....§...
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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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