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.