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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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