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.