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.