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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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