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.