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.