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.