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.