.~~*=@@### ###@@=*~~.
..~~*=@@## ##@@=*~~..
...~~*=@@# #@@=*~~...
....~~*=@@ @@=*~~....
.....~~*=@ @=*~~.....
......~~*= A STRING OF PEARLS, LIKE A NECKLACE. =*~~......
.......~~* GLOWING IN OFFENSIVE COLORS. LURING. *~~.......
........~~ ~~........
.........~ #~~~~~~# ~.........
........~~ ~~~~~~~* MALL *~~~~~~~ ~~........
.......~~* #~~~~~~# *~~.......
......~~*= =*~~......
.....~~*=@ 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) @=*~~.....
......~~*= =*~~......
.......~~* 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. *~~.......
......~~*= =*~~......
.....~~*=@ WITH THAT IN MIND, IS THERE A CHOICE? @=*~~.....
....~~*=@@ @@=*~~....
...~~*=@@# 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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