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&&....&&&. 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 &&&&.&&...
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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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