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.~=†£§@### 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 @§§£††~~~.
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.~=††£@### favor,  yet not enough  to  meaningfully ###@£††=~.
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.....=†††§ 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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