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.