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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)                 ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... 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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