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.