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.