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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 .§§§§.§§§.
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.§§§.§§§.. EVOKES THE SENSE  OF SCAVENGING, BUT  IT §.§§.§§§§§
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§.§.§.§.§§  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 §§§..§§§§§
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§.§...§§.§ THE WANING OF YOUR  SECRET  WELLS,  YOUR §..§§§§...
§§§§..§.§§ DEPENCENCE   ON  THE  MALL   WILL  GROW. .§.§...§..
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