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.