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.