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=«^.......   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, ..^«=^¤@##
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##@¤^=«^.. OPERATE  SOME FACET  OF THE  BODY (BEING ..^«=^¤@##
#@¤^=«^... CARED FOR  ENOUGH  TO  FEAR  LOSING  ITS ...^«=^¤@#
@¤^=«^.... FAVOR,  YET  NOT ENOUGH TO  MEANINGFULLY ....^«=^¤@
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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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