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.