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.