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.