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.