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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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