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.