§§¨§¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§§§¨§¨§
¨§§§§§¨§§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§§§§¨
§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§                                          §§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
§¨¨¨§¨§¨§§                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨§§§
§¨¨§§§§§¨§                                          §§§¨§¨§¨¨¨
§¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨ a  string  of pearls,  like  a necklace. ¨¨§§§§§¨¨§
§§§¨¨¨§¨§¨   glowing in offensive colors. luring.   ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨§§§§§                                          §§¨¨¨§§§§§
¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨§                 #««««««#                 ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨§§§¨¨¨§§          «««««««= mall =«««««««          §§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨§¨§                 #««««««#                 ¨§§¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨§§§§                                          §¨§§§¨§§¨§
§§§¨§§¨¨¨¨ 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.         ¨¨§§§§§§¨¨
¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ with that  in mind, is  there a  choice? §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§§§¨§¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨§
¨¨¨§§§¨§¨§ 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. ¨¨§§¨§§§§§
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
§§§¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          §§§¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§§¨§§§§¨§§                                          §§¨§§¨¨§¨§