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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 .§....§.§§
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.§..§§§§.§  CONTROLLED AND COREOGRAPHED, PRESENTED  .§..§..§§.
§§.§...§§§ LIKE  A  GIFT,  A  REWARD  FOR  NOTHING. §§.§§.§.§.
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....§§.§.§ AND ANIMAL POOLS IN  DISSARAY,  AND WITH §§.§§.§..§
...§.§§§§. THE  WANING  OF YOUR  SECRET WELLS, YOUR .§§.§§§.§§
..§§§...§§ DEPENCENCE  ON   THE   MALL  WILL  GROW. §.§§..§§.§
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