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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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