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.§§§..§§§§ A  STRING  OF PEARLS,  LIKE A  NECKLACE. §§§.§...§.
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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 §§§§§.§§§§
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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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...§.§..§§ 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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