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.