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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)                 ..........
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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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