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.