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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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