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.