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.