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.