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.