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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 #&*«,.....
.,«;*$&@## cared  for  enough to  fear  losing  its ##@&$*;«,.
.,«;*$&@## favor,  yet  not enough to  meaningfully ##@&$*;«,.
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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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