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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 .#....###.
......###.                 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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