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.