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.