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.