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.