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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)                 ##&%:--...
....--:%&#                                          #&%:--....
.....--:%& 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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