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.