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.