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.