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.