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.