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.